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	Ararat - Victoria - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
		Ararat was advanced to the status of a borough in 1863 but, by that time, the gold had already begun to dwindle.
		The Mafeking goldrush at Mt William in 1900 saw a revival of gold fever and a resurgence of Ararat's population.
		Elmhurst is 35 km north-east of Ararat on the Pyrenees Highway to Avoca.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Victoria/Ararat/2005/02/17/1108500206181.html (2502 words)

	Picturesque atlas - Victoria Western District - Part 3
		Nine miles farther along the railway line is Maryborough, an important centre of the northwest goldfields, and of a municipal area of nearly six thou sand acres, with a population of over seventeen thousand five hundred, although the inhabitants of the town itself number less than five thousand.
		The railway station stands on the main lines between Castlemaine, Ballarat, Avoca and Ararat; and Maryborough may be regarded as the pivot of the northwestern railway system, with four separate and distinct routes which have their termini in this town.
		Ararat’s shafts, however, are not all abandoned; neither is all labour in the darksome crypts of the earth in search of its hidden wealth suspended.
	www.geocities.com /toby_meares/047.htm (6181 words)

	Chapter 5: The Railway Age, 1874-1920 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first line, from Ipswich to Toowoomba, soon was extended east to Brisbane and by 1880 as far west as Roma with a southwestern branch which then reached Stanthorpe, and would be extended to meet the New South Wales northern line at the border at Wallangarra in 1889.
		The Queensland Railways were not really deficient until exposed to the stress of the Pacific War between 1941 and 1945, when it became clear that their light standards were as inadequate for the defence of the country as they were for intense economic development.
		Elsewhere in Australia, as in Victoria, railway unionism was not that significant a factor in the changing landscape of late colonial and early federal politics.
	www.ahc.gov.au /publications/national-stories/transport/chapter5.html (13114 words)

	GEELONG RAILWAY LINE, VICTORIA : Encyclopedia Entry
		The line was later extended south-east, to Winchelsea in 1876, Colac in 1877, Camperdown in 1883, Terang in 1877 and Warrnambool and Dennington and Port Fairy in 1890.
		Branch lines also followed, from South Geelong to Queenscliff in 1879, both Moriac (between Geelong and Winchelsea) to Wensleydale and Terang to Mortlake in 1890, Birregurra (between Winchelsea and Colac) to Forrest in 1891, Camperdown to Timboon in 1892, Irrewarra (east of Colac) to Cressy in 1910, and Colac to Alvie in 1923.
		The branch lines begun to be cut back from the late 1940s, the Wensleydale line being the first in 1948, followed by the Forrest line in 1957, the Irrewarra line in 1953, the Alvie line in 1954, the Beech Forest line in 1962, and the Timboon line in 1988.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Geelong_railway_line%2C_Victoria (496 words)

	Rail transport in Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The South Gippsland railway line was opened from Dandenong to Cranbourne in 1888 and extended to Loch in 1890, Leongatha in 1891 and Alberton and Port Albert in 1892.
		A branch line was built from Mangalore to Toolamba and Shepparton in 1880 and extended to Numurkah in 1881, Strathmerton in 1905 and connecting with the New South Wales Government Railways at Tocumwal at a break-of-gauge in 1908.
		The Mildura line was opened from Ballarat to Creswick, Clunes, Maryborough and Dunolly in 1874 and 1875, and extended to St Arnaud in 1878, Donald in 1882, Birchip in 1893, Woomelang in 1899, Ouyen, Red Cliffs and Mildura in 1903, Merbein in 1910 and Yelta in 1925.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rail_transport_in_Victoria (2829 words)

	Ararat Rural City Council - Westmere (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Westmere is situated on the Glenelg Highway 53 ks south of Ararat in a prime grain and wool growing district.
		A tent city for railway staff was established on the rail head at Parupa, this tent city eventually became the village of Westmere.
		The Ararat Rural City Council its employees, agents, consultants and representatives do not accept any liability to any person for the information or advice (or the use of such information or advice) which is provided or incorporated into it by reference.
	www.ararat.vic.gov.au /Page/PagePrint.asp?Page_Id=415 (197 words)

	My Thomson Family
		Victoria was in the grips of a deep depression and gold had been found in the West in situations where the single miner or a small party could easily get rich from near the surface, without heavy machinery.
		Alexander died in Tahara, Victoria, Australia on December 31, 1897 and was buried on January 2, 1898 in the presbyterian section of the Cemetery in Coleraine, Victoria, Australia.
		James died from exhaustion at the Lunatic Asylum in Ararat, Victoria, Australia on April 19, 1903 at 8.55 pm and was buried on April 22, 1903 in Ararat, Victoria, Australia.
	thethomsons.aussieland.net /thomson.htm (4852 words)

	ARARAT RAILWAY LINE, VICTORIA : Encyclopedia Entry
		The Ararat railway line is a regional railway in Victoria, Australia.
		Prior to conversion to standard gauge of the line from Ararat through to Adelaide as part of the One Nation Program, the Ararat railway line formed part of the main interstate line between Melbourne and Adelaide, carrying The Overland services to Adelaide as well as V/Line services to Horsham and Dimboola.
		[1] In 1995, the main interstate line was rerouted via North Shore and Maroona and the broad gauge line between Ballarat and Ararat was closed to all traffic.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Ararat_railway_line%2C_Victoria (246 words)

	The Goldfields
		Central Victoria is classic Victoria: a rich pastoral district, chilly and green in winter and parched a brownish yellow in summer, with two grand provincial cities, Ballarat and Bendigo, whose fine buildings were funded by gold.
		Victoria had been a separate colony for only nine days when gold was found at Clunes on July 10, 1851; the goldrush began in earnest when rich deposits were found in Ballarat nine months later.
		In the golden decade of the 1850s Victoria’s population increased from eighty thousand to half a million, half of whom remained permanently in the state.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/victoria/goldfields.asp (749 words)

	The South Western Railway Society - Birregurra Station (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The construction of a grand trunk line of railway, stretching from Geelong to Colac and Camperdown, thence to Hamilton, and then on to the south Australian border, was what has become familiarly known as the ‘fl line’ of railway.
		The line was to have been completed by 30 June 1882, but repeated delays arose through the inability of the railway department to supply the rails at the stipulated time, and in sufficient quantity, which caused a great loss to the contractors.
		Railway Construction Act 1884, a line from Mount Moriac to the forest (eleven miles) was authorised; another from Birregurra to the Cape Otway forest (twenty miles); and a third from Ondit road to Beeac, a distance of eight miles: these lines are now in course of construction.
	www.railpage.org.au /swrs/Colac.html (5704 words)

	Public transport - Celebrating Victoria's railway history
		As part of the railway boom in Victoria in the second half of the 19th century, the Geelong and Melbourne Railway (GandMR) company was formed with plans to build a 62 kilometre railway line from Geelong to the present day site of Newport Station.
		Consequently, it was decided to move the terminus of the Geelong line to a temporary location on the Yarra River at the village of Greenwich.
		Victoria's railways have grown with the State and remain a key part of our passenger and freight transport networks.
	www.linkingvictoria.vic.gov.au /DOI/Internet/transport.nsf/AllDocs/0B2FA0A482BC4F334A256D860082B85D?OpenDocument (1014 words)

	ARHS Railway Museum: History 1839 - 1900 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A number of the lines had little social or economic justification, but in the euphoric period of the 1880's boom construction of these lines was pushed ahead.
		The Railway Commissioners were seen to be to blame for the extravagances of the 1880's and they were removed from office on this date and their positions abolished.
		In addition they were used on main line passenger trains within the state and additional carriages were constructed, based on this design, for use on branch line and mixed trains.
	www.railwaymuseum.org.au /history.html (2184 words)

	Visit Grampians - Grampians Accommodation, Events and Attractions - Ararat
		Victoria’s asylum for criminally insane from 1859 to 1991, J Ward offers daily guided tours by the Friends of J Ward volunteers.
		This regional gallery of Victoria is housed in the city’s impressive late Victorian Town Hall and holds one of the two major contemporary fibre and textile collections in regional galleries across Australia.
		Visit the Ararat Railway Heritage Association Museum, indulge your palate at the nearby wineries highlighted on the Great Grape Touring Route and join a 4WD tour of the Challicum Hills Wind Farm — the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and a significant contributor to Ararat’s use of green energy.
	www.visitgrampians.com.au /?id=ararat (441 words)

	AusEmade: Ararat Information and Attractions, Victoria (VIC), Australia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ararat is the eastern gateway to the magnificent Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park.
		To the north are the rugged Pyrenees Ranges and picturesque Elmhurst, whilst to the east lies Buangor with its historic Cobb and Co coach-house, and close to the scenic Mount Langi Ghiran and Mount Cole.
		The display is a reminder of the importance of the railways to Ararat and the local district.
	www.ausemade.com.au /vic/destination/a/ararat-information.htm (1452 words)

	Herbicide Resistant Weeds In Australia
		It is noteworthy that much of the railway line infested by the cross-resistant annual ryegrass traverses crop lands containing large areas of lupins, Lupinus spp, in which simazine is almost universally applied.
		Following the appearance of cross resistance in annual ryegrass along railway lines, the railway authorities switched from amitrole and atrazine to an alternative herbicide combination of glyphosate and sulfometuron-methyl.
		A biotype of the important annual weed known as barley grass (Hordium glaucum) infesting a lucerne field near Ararat in the Western District of Victoria, was found to be resistant to paraquat in 1982 (28).
	www.regional.org.au /au/roc/1990/roc199001.htm (2999 words)

	Pakenham - Victoria - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
		Timbergetters cutting sleepers for the railway line worked the forest hereabouts in the 1870s and the first settlers took up land in the late 1870s once the railway had arrived.
		Development occurred but the passage of the railway line further south again in the late 1870s saw the townsite moved to its present location.
		The Pig and Whistle Hotel was established and the railway arrived in 1877, facilitating the expansion of the timber industry with tramways connecting the main line at Garfield to the sawmills and loggers' camps in the Black Snake Ranges to the north.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Victoria/Pakenham/2005/02/17/1108500207143.html (951 words)

	Steam Locomotives of Victoria, AU
		The West Coast Railway hopes to have No. 996 operational by 2004 so that it can be a part of the celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of railways in Victoria.
		The railway was closed when I visited but I was able to snap a shot of their two steam locomotives.
		Steamrail Victoria is an all-volunteer organization that has four operational steam locos (2 K-class, a D3 and an R), several operational diesels and several steam and diesel locos either under various stages of restoration or storage.
	www.steamlocomotive.com /australia/vic (2332 words)

	The day the trains came back: Ararat and Beaufort back on line :: ABC South West Vic
		The Ballarat to Ararat line is now ready for new trains after more than a decade.
		Hear from Ararat's old station master and a railway worker with over 60 years' experience discussing the return of trains to their towns after more than a decade.
		During the 1990s the encumbent Kennett government closed several regional train lines in Victoria - seen as a move that contributed to their crushing electoral defeat.
	www.abc.net.au /southwestvic/stories/s1150669.htm (474 words)

	Campbell, Colin (1817 - 1903) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1851 on the separation of Victoria from New South Wales Campbell refused nomination to the Legislative Council on principle, and turned his attention to education.
		In 1862 he was elected to the Ararat Roads Board and remained a member for a year after it became the Shire of Ararat.
		He served at Ararat in 1878, and in 1879 at Ballan where he was also a member of the Diocesan Council and School Board.
	www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A030319b.htm (1304 words)

	Exhibitions: A Golden Heritage On-line
		And in less than ten years, Victoria changed from a small pastoral settlement to a wealthy and proud colony.
		Within a few decades, gold fields stretched from Ararat and Stawell in the western districts to Walhalla, Beechworth and Omeo in the mountains.
		Gold mining overtook pastoralism as Victoria's major industry, and towns and cities grew both in the gold fields and on the roads to them.
	www.heritage.vic.gov.au /page.asp?ID=280 (529 words)

	RAIL MAP - CENTRAL VICTORIA / MELBOURNE REGION
		This map covers the region in the central part of the State of Victoria surrounding the city of Melbourne.
		The most famous and Australia's first tourist railway is "Puffing Billy" which every day runs an intensive narrow-gauge steam-hauled railway between Belgrave and Gembrook through wonderfully scenic temperate rainforest country to the east of Melbourne.
		The Victorian Goldfields Railway operate steam trains between Castlemaine and Maldon connecting at Castlemaine with V/Line trains to and from Melbourne.
	www.railmaps.com.au /viccent.htm (591 words)

	Ararat Orchid City Motor Inn - Wotif.com
		Ararat Orchid City Motor Inn is located in Ararat Victoria.
		Founded on gold in 1857, ARARAT has much to offer with its naturally picturesque setting in the hills surrounding the City, the grand architecture of its early buildings, the Botanical Gardens, Green Hill Lake, J Ward old Gaol Tours, Gum San Chinese museum, plus much more.
		On a larger scale, ARARAT is ideally situated as a base, to explore the wonder and grandeur of the Grampians and to experience the many award winning Wineries of the district, take a day trip to the spectacular Coastal areas or travel inland to explore quaint old Goldfields Towns.
	www.wotif.com /Hotel.jsp?hotel=20120&viewType=weekends (419 words)

	VR History
		Line closure dates are sourced from VR annual reports and a Newsrail article in the Sept. 1993, as well as other sources, are colured red and are usually not as exact, line closure can be the date that the last train ran or when the administration decided to take it off the books.
		This was the first steam railway to operate in Australia.
		Melbourne and Suburban Railway Co. was formed to build lines from Princes Bridge to Hawthorn and Brighton.
	www.victorianrailways.net /vr%20history/history.html (2773 words)

	Ararat Rural City Council - Information on Westmere (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ararat Rural City Council - Information on Westmere
		A tent city was established on the rail head at Parupa, this tent city eventually became the village of Westmere.
		Wheat and wool were to become the primary products of the western plains area and it became obvious a rail link to the seaboard was necessary for transport of produce.
	www.ararat.vic.gov.au /Page/PagePrint.asp?Page_Id=408 (249 words)

	Ararat photos - Travel Victoria: accommodation & visitor guide
		View east along railway line from bridge at Vincent St View east along Girdlestone St towards Vincent St and hospital
		Ararat and District Hospital, Girdlestone St Pyrenees House, part of hospital, Girdlestone St J Ward, Girdlestone St Ararat railway station and Visitor Information Centre, High Street:
		Railway station and Visitor Information Centre, viewed from High St View west along High St from station
	www.travelvictoria.com.au /ararat/photos (435 words)

	Ballan railway station, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ballan is a railway station on the Ballarat and Ararat railway lines in Victoria, Australia.
		It is 80km from Southern Cross station, and previously had a now dismantled crossing loop.
		Patronage has grown rapidly in recent years due to the township's ongoing expansion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ballan_railway_station,_Victoria (95 words)

	Richard Felstead's Railway Page
		ALBERT PARK STATION ON THE BROAD GAUGE ST KILDA LINE 1966.
		WARRENHEIP 1990.TO THE LEFT IS LINE TO MELBOURNE and TO THE RIGHT IS LINE TO GEELONG.
		ALBURY RAILWAY STATION WITH INTERNAL FREEWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION 27th AUGUST 2006.
	richardfelstead.100megsfree5.com /sliprail_files/railways/railways.html (1056 words)

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