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	List of Melbourne railway stations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sunbury greater metropolitan line is a continuations of the Sydenham line.
		The Bendigo regional line is a continuation of the Sunbury line.
		These lines are operated part-time (full-time in the case of Puffing Billy) by independent railway preservation groups, and are not covered by Metcard ticketing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Melbourne_railway_stations (764 words)

	Walkabout - Bendigo
		Today Bendigo is a charming and elegant rural centre with an economy which is driven by a mixture of tourism, industry and servicing the surrounding agricultural district.
		The Bendigo Easter Fair, operating since 1871 and climaxing with a famous parade featuring historic Chinese processional dragons, is a popular annual event, as is the NEC Bendigo Cup in November.
		Bendigo Heritage Tours, at 76 Violet St, conduct tours of the Central Deborah Goldmine and they also operate the 'Talking' Trams which operate regularly from the terminus at the Central Deborah Goldmine through the heart of Bendigo to the Chinese Joss House, 8 km away.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/VICBendigo.shtml (4221 words)

	Preserved Bendigo trams
		Bendigo was a very wealthy city during the Gold Rushes of the second half of the nineteenth century and a large number of very impressive and attractive buildings were built during this time.
		Bendigo is justly famous for its fleet of single truck Birney trams which remained in service long after they were withdrawn from service on many other tramway systems.
		Bendigo maximum bogie tram 25 was photographed in the Bendigo Tram Depot on Sunday 24 March 2000.
	www.angelfire.com /sc3/trams/bendpres/bendpres.htm (815 words)

	Rail & Tramways
		- Locomotives And Railcars Of The Commonwealth Railways.
		The Railways of the Northern Suburbs of Brisbane.
		The building of a railway over the coastal mountains behind Cairns a century ago was one of the great engineering feats in Australia in colonial days, the work of the railway builders, the explorations in search of a route, and of the rivalry between Cairns, Port Douglas and Innisfail.
	www.bspgallery.com.au /rail.htm (1371 words)

	City of Greater Bendigo - Bendigo Transport Interchange - Urban Design - Masterplanning Study
		The City of Greater Bendigo and The Department of Sustainability and Environment have undertaken a study to redevelop and improve the Bendigo Railway Station.
		The redevelopment of the Bendigo Railway Station Precinct is the key component of this project, which can be undertaken in the immediate future, subject to the availability of funding from the State Government.
		Precinct 2, the railway land to the south of the tracks (away from the City) offers significant development potential for medium and high density residential development.
	www.bendigo.vic.gov.au /Page/page.asp?Page_Id=215&h=0 (833 words)

	VICTORIA - SHIPWRECKS
		Victoria, of all states, seems to have the most documented shipwreck data, in public format at least.
		An undamaged lifeboat was slung to a line by the bow and stern like a cradle, enabling the passengers to land - ladies and children first, then the invalids, married men, single men, and last of all the captain.
		Stranded at Breamlea, Victoria, whilst attempting to recover an anchor and chain from the stranded steamer Bancoora, November 1892.
	oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /vic-wrecks.html (17106 words)

	Victoria Australia
		Victoria is the smallest and most densely populated of the mainland states in Australia (the island state of Tasmania, offshore to the south is smaller).
		Melbourne is the capital of Victoria and is dominated by the Yarra River.
		The Grampians, located in the mid west of Victoria, were named after a explorer after their resemblance to their name sake in his native Scotland.
	www.auinfo.com /Victoria.htm (456 words)

	Dictionary of Australian Biography Sa-Sp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Though not in parliament he was appointed colonial secretary and minister for railways in the Mitchell government in May 1919, a fortnight later was elected a member of the legislative assembly, and exchanged the portfolio of colonial secretary for those of mines, industries and forests.
		His health compelled his frequent absence from debates, but he was still a power in the house, and his speech against the proposal of the Peacock (q.v.) government that there should be a convention to consider the reform of the Victorian parliament, was largely responsible for it being laid aside.
		After crossing the overland telegraph line the plane ran into a terrific storm and after flying blind for some time their destination Wyndharn was over-shot and their petrol having nearly given out a forced landing was made on a mud flat.
	www.gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogSa-Sp.html (21317 words)

	www.robertclark.net - Main Page
		Victoria's economic growth is now amongst the weakest in the nation and there have been big falls in Victoria's exports and government investment, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data show.
		While Victoria has taken no action until recently, New South Wales amended its legislation in April 2001 to insert into their Act an express requirement that a FHOS applicant be at least 16 years old unless the NSW taxation commissioner is satisfied the application is not part of an avoidance scheme.
		Victoria's 2001-02 Mid-Year Financial Report shows the Bracks Government has continued its high taxing and uncontrolled spending in the six months to December 2001, and confirms that if it were not for almost $1 billion in unbudgeted revenue, the 2001-02 budget would now be almost $200 million in deficit.
	www.robertclark.net (7777 words)

	Australian Model Railway Magazine
		British Railway Modellers of Australia Inc. With 400+ members Australia wide, the BRMA exists to help promote the modelling of the railways of the United Kingdom and provide contact between members who have similar interests.
		A bi-monthly magazine (Australian Model Railway Magazine) and a quarterly newsletter is produced, along with standards and recommended practices to assist all modellers of all prototypes.
		Meets monthly at various locations to pursue their interest in the history of the railway, the Shay locomotive, the conservation of the Newnes mine relics and general operation and history of NSW railways.
	www.australianmodelrailways.com /amclubs.htm (4538 words)

	P&O Line
		The fleet and goodwill of the Blue Anchor Line was purchased in 1910 and the PandO Branch Line was formed to cover the Australian service.
		Controlling interest in the Orient Line was acquired in 1919, along with the British India Steam Navigation Company and control of the Eastern and Australasian Mail Steam Ship Company, which therefore became part of the PandO group.
		In 1972 the Strick Line was purchased and in 1974, Princess Cruises was purchased.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/pando.html (3372 words)

	Barmah, Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Barmah is a rural village and district on the Murray River in northern Victoria, 23 km.
		In 1863-4 the railway line from Bendigo to Echuca was built, and consumed large volumes of sleepers cut from the red gums in the Barmah forest.
		In 1886 a town was surveyed on rising ground near the punt, and the resulting Barmah village became a river outlet for wool from surrounding pastoral stations.
	www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/barmah.html (563 words)

	Heathcote Line - Railpage Australia™ Forums (Railway Archaeology) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Where the line parallels Conway Street from the RC Primary School until the State Primary school is easy to see although the cutting appears to be partly filled in.
		From Tooborac to where the line crossed the Northern Hwy on the up side of Argyle is not easy to follow as it swings away from the highway but it can be seen from the highway.
		The Redesdale line, which was closed much earlier, has a simlar level of relics to the Heathcote line even though the Heathcote line carried substatially more traffic and was a far more important Vic.
	www.railpage.com.au /f-t2690.htm (3071 words)

	Railway Women
		Her husband who had been employed as a guard in the railways was killed in an accident at Bendigo.
		Women railway workers in Zambia have been tackling the problem of sexual harassment, which frequently goes unreported or is not taken seriously by employees, union representatives or managers.
		The purpose of the organisation is to stimulate interest in the railroad industry; to foster cooperation and better understanding within the industry and its affiliates; to create good public relations for the railroad industry; to further educational, social and professional interests of its members; to undertake charitable, benevolent and social welfare projects.
	www.railwaywomen.co.uk /world.html (8462 words)

	Melbourne, Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Racing Victoria Limited will be updating these websites on a daily basis, from the launch of the Spring Racing Carnival on 28th September at Federation Square, through to the end of the Carnival on 16th November.
		Geelong, for the moment, was outstripped by Ballarat and Bendigo and was derisively referred to by Melburnians as 'Sleepy Hollow'.
		Industry was further expanded with the opening of a boot factory in 1874, a paper mill in 1878, a saltworks and cement works in 1888, a butter and cheese factory in 1893 and a meat-freezing works in 1894.
	www.australia-about.com /vic.html (3834 words)

	Ballarat, Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Ballarat (37°33′S 143°51′E) is the largest inland city in Victoria, Australia, and the third largest inland city in Australia.
		With a huge influx of population and wealth as a major participant in the Gold Rush, Ballarat was, for a time, Victoria's largest city.
		In recent times there have been studies conducted to reinstate sections of tram line or light rail to service key tourist routes and high usage bus services between the city and Wendouree.
	www.tocatch.info /en/City_of_Ballarat.htm (2529 words)

	CSU Guide to Australia - VIC
		The Municipal Association of Victoria is the peak representative and lobbying body for Victoria's 79 councils.
		Highlights the the tourist attractions of Victoria, region by region.
		Bendigo Live is all about Bendigo featuring local community events, news updates, local sports updates, tourism, history, business, retail, accomodation, shopping centres,tv guide, weather, computer help, classifieds, business tools, attractions, games, karaoke, v-line and bus time tables.
	www.csu.edu.au /australia/vic.html (896 words)

	Central Victoria
		This 7¼" gauge railway is a scale model of a full-size steam railway set in delightful surroundings by the Billabong Creek.
		A travelling exhibition highlighting the important achievement in Victoria of the Eight Hour Day and the emergence of working time as a key contemporary issue.
		With details on over 400 markets, we believe that the White Hat listing of markets in Victoria is probably the most comprehensive available either on the web or in print.
	www.whitehat.com.au /Victoria/Regions/CentralVic.asp (1873 words)

	South Kensington to West Footscray - bridge under Bendigo line picture by by Chapman, Wilfred Disney,
		South Kensington to West Footscray - bridge under Bendigo line picture by by Chapman, Wilfred Disney,
		State Library of Victoria is a contributor to PictureAustralia
		No material may be reproduced, communicated or copied other than for the purposes of research or study, criticism or review, or reporting the news without the Library's permission.
	www.slv.vic.gov.au /miscpics/0/1/5/doc/mp015108.shtml (159 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.
		In addition to V/Line, other trains are operated by West Coast Railway to the south-west between Melbourne and Warrnambool, and you can use these trains to travel to Geelong, Winchelsea and Birregurra.
		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.
	www.railmaps.com.au /viccent.htm (586 words)

	Bendigo East industrial plan creates panic » ABC Central Victoria
		This is the debate which is starting to emerge in Bendigo East as Council develops the Local Structure Plan (LSP).
		The LSP, designed to give the City of Greater Bendigo clear guidance on future development of the industrial precinct, involves potential conflicts between residents, industry and the Bendigo Racecourse.
		The plan encompasses the area from the Echuca Railway Line across to the airport and the racecourse down to Strickland Road.
	www.abc.net.au /centralvic/stories/s710948.htm (344 words)

	Redesdale Line - Railpage Australia™ Forums (Railway Archaeology) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The few locals who have any knowlege of the railway support this, also on the southern end of the paddock is what appears to be the remains of a small cutting.
		The line marked on the map north of the Sutton Grange Road probably exists to show where land was excised from the town plan for railway purposes.
		The line extension appears to follow a falling contour around the edge of where the plateau that Redesdale is located on drops away into the steep sided narrow valley of the Campaspe River.
	www.railpage.com.au /f-t6701.htm (2911 words)

	Brian Evans Railway Information Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Holden Gemini car is permanently mounted on the rails and is used as a maintenance vehicle by the Tourist railway group based in Wahgunyah, Victoria.
		Sealake is situated in North West Victoria and sits on the Kulwin BG line.
		Redcliffs is approximately 15kms south east of Mildura on the Mildura/Yelta main line.
	www.omni.com.au /railway (1846 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com presents the Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour of Provincial Victoria
		McKenzie took 5 seconds off Menzies in the Bendigo kermesse, finishing fourth against seventh in the bunch that was chasing Rex, Roland and England and has now narrowed the deficit to just 4 seconds with some tough stages still remaining before the tour finishes in Traralgon this Sunday.
		The peloton cross a railway line on the Midland Highway in Bendigo during the 69km kermesse.
		The peloton make their way around the Tysons Reef Hotel in Bendigo (thanks to the hotel for the use of their balcony).
	www.cyclingnews.com /road/2004/oct04/suntour04?id=results/suntour048 (1423 words)

	Recent Acquisitions List 91
		The author was the Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria; the editor was D.J. Mahony.
		The last plate is numbered 283, and even allowing for 15 extra plates with A or B after the number, the numerical sequence displays lots of gaps.
		The ranges and stoves are hugely decorative, and there is much that is appealing in the large ornamental and general sections: boot scrapers, tomb railings, trivets, pumps, newals [sic], desk standards, hinges, garden seats, poultry troughs, balusters, air bricks and stable fittings are just a few of them.
	www.treloars.com /catalogues/r91.htm (9661 words)

	Warrandyte, Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		About two kilometres south of the township is Andersons Creek, the site of the first gold discovery in Victoria, for which a government reward was paid, in 1851.
		The Andersons Creek diggings received a slight setback when richer finds were to be had a Bendigo and elsewhere, but mining picked up by 1856.
		Warrandyte's traditional road communication with Doncaster was lessened, though, when the railway line from Melbourne to Lilydale, via Ringwood, was opened in 1889.
	www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/warrandyte.html (606 words)

	V/Line plays down 'near-miss' as safe procedure » ABC Central Victoria » Local News
		Train carrier V/Line has described a "near-miss" at Murchison this morning as a normal operating procedure.
		Two trains came within 30 seconds of a head-on collision near the Murchison East railway station.
		Bystanders reported seeing a passenger train travelling towards Melbourne stop and reverse just after it pulled out of the station to avoid a freight train travelling north.
	www.abc.net.au /centralvic/news/200502/s1299247.htm (189 words)

	What's New at The ISF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This is in line with US government criticism of the WHO draft report ‘Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health’ for its lack of emphasis on individual responsibility.
		Over the last 25 years, Stacey has been instrumental in pioneering the expansion of Bakers Delight outside of Victoria culminating in her current role as General Manager of Operations for Australia.
		Todd Litman is founder and executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute (VTPI), a Canadian based, independent research organisation dedicated to developing innovative solutions to transportation problems.
	www.isf.uts.edu.au /whatsnew/whatsnewevents.html (5350 words)

	MCoR Division Information
		The clubrooms are also open each Monday from 9.30am for general maintenance, followed by layout operation.
		We have members who model nothing but Australian, others who are British to the core, US/Canadian modellers, continental modellers, freelance modellers, and those who would just model anything.
		Consequently, no particular line is modelled, let alone any particular country, to suit the club members, who could be described as a floating population at best -(up to quite recently the RAAF posted people every two years or so).
	www.mcor-nmra.org /Clubs_State.cfm?State=Victoria (754 words)

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