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Important piece of history

This little blue loco was used to build the rock groin at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour, at Hells Gate.
A Royal View

March 30th 2014
Around the world there are many great Railway Preservation Projects, and rightly so. The very fabric of development of many places including Tasmania was the thread of iron rails and hissing steam monsters that carried produce and people where no other transport of the time could, and at speeds that were unimaginable before the rail was introduced. For me personally, maintaining that railway hi ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Devonport » Don River Railway

Australian Flag Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
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