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	Wikipedia: Croydon
		The Croydon canal ran for 9½ miles from what is now West Croydon railway station north along the course of the present railway line to New Cross, where it joined, the Surrey canal and went on into the Thames.
		Croydon is a large suburban town and commercial centre to the south of London and forms part of the Greater London conurbation.
		The town of Croydon is situated 10 miles south of London at the head of the River Wandle.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/c/cr/croydon.html (1622 words)

	Croydon, Victoria
		Croydon was characterised as a rapidly rising outer suburb, with residential development amidst a fruit-growing district.
		Croydon was first known as White Flats, and the centre of settlement was Brushy Creek which had churches and a hotel.
		Croydon city was united with Ringwood city and parts of Lillydale and Doncaster-Templestowe to form Maroondah city on 15 December, 1994.
	www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/croydon.html (713 words)

	Croydon Market Shopping Centre
		The Croydon railway station is situated approximately 500m to the south of the centre and buses service either side of the railway line.
		Croydon is located approximately 27kms east of the city of Melbourne.
		Centro Croydon is located in the residential suburb of Croydon approximately 27km east of the Melbourne CBD.
	www.centro.com.au /CroydonMarketShoppingCentre.htm (129 words)

	List of Melbourne railway stations
		This is a list of the 200 operating suburban railway stations (216 including greater metropolitan stations) in Melbourne Australia.
		There are also a further 19 stations 3 heritage tourist railways.
		Stations listed in italics are "premium" stations that are manned to last train by staff who provide assistance and information to commuters.
	www.freeglossary.com /List_of_Melbourne_railway_stations (867 words)

	AustralAsia Railway Corporation
		Railways were needed to bring wheat and mining produce to Port Augusta and Adelaide, but these early lines were seen as the start of a transcontinental line that would foster the development of mining, tropical agriculture and trade with Asia.
		By 1891, South Australia had spent 10 million on railways, the colony's bonded debt was 21.5 million pounds, two million of which was incurred in the Territory, and the completion of the northern line coincided with growing disillusionment with its northern colony.
		Canada's 3000 mile transcontinental railway was built by a Montreal syndicate and funded by granting large tracts of land to the developers.
	www.aarc.com.au /aarc/info/history.html (4802 words)

	history.html
		Eleven through platforms were provided at the station on its completion in 1910 and were vastly different from the original platforms which sported semi-circular verandahs terminated by timber valances and at the west end 'train sheds', embracing both platforms and tracks.
		Flinders Street Station has emerged as a symbol of Victoria's capital city and is an institution in the daily routine of nearly a quarter of a million people.
		The clocks at the main entrance of the station were part of the original design plans, and remain in almost the same place as they did in the early years of construction.
	www.buslines.com.au /hillsidetrains/history.html (1678 words)

	Croydon’s new Railway station :: ABC North West Qld
		One of the great railway journeys in Australia is from Normanton to Croydon aboard the ‘Gulflander’, in far north west Queensland.
		The Gulflander train trip is a fully interpretive tour and runs from Normanton to Croydon on Wednesdays, with the new station enhancing the arrival in Croydon.
		This journey has been enhanced with the completion of a new heritage style station in Croydon.
	www.abc.net.au /northwest/stories/s1213383.htm (336 words)

	Riversdale railway station, Melbourne: Encyclopedia topic
		The station consists of two platforms (platforms: A woman's shoe with a very high thick sole) located either side of the railway tracks.
		The station also features unusual manually operated boom gates, with arms that are divided into two sections, so as not to collide with overhead tram (tram: A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity) wires.
		The station is close to other means of transport, with a tram stop in Riversdale Road, and a bus stop nearby in Prospect Hill Road.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/riversdale_railway_station_melbourne (445 words)

	Formal Power Series & Algebraic Combinatorics 2002
		Melbourne Central based near Museum station is a fascinating complex offering 180 specialty stores and the Diamaru department store.
		Melbourne is a multicultural city, with over one hundred different nationalities represented in the quarter of the population that was born overseas.
		Melbourne is a city of parks and gardens, and the tree-lined boulevards grace the cityscape of elegant Victorian buildings alongside inspired modern architecture.
	www.fpsac.ms.unimelb.edu.au /melbourne.html (2902 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: List of Melbourne railway stations
		This is a list of the 200 currently operating suburban railway stations (216 including greater metropolitan stations) in Melbourne, Australia.
		There are also a further 19 stations on 3 heritage, volunteer-operated, tourist railways.
		Stations are broken up into 3 Metcard ticketing zones (some stations are in two zones, where tickets for either zone may be used), as well as the City Saver area, which is within Zone 1 and covers the central business district.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=List_of_Melbourne_railway_stations (920 words)

	Mooroolbark railway station, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mooroolbark is a Premium Station, meaning that it is staffed from first to last train, and has extra customer services available.
		Mooroolbark is a railway station (station code: MLK) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
		It is located on the Lilydale line, at Manchester Road and Brice Avenue in the suburb of Mooroolbark.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mooroolbark_railway_station,_Melbourne (134 words)

	Melbourne's Classic Trams - The W Class 219 to 300
		Its body was sold on 23/3/1983 to the Croydon Community School and was transferred to a private buyer in Laverton in July, 1989.
		At last Melbourne had a standard tram to replace the multiplicity of tram designs that the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board inherited when it took over the suburban tramways trusts in 1919.
		Melbourne finally said farewell to the W2 class in 1987.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Set/9507/wclass.html (3236 words)

	Edwardian Delights - Vintage Postcards - Australia / New Zealand
		One of the finest photo postcards of an Australian railway station that we have ever seen - unfortunately it appears that it has been slightly trimmed, possibly to fit in an album as it has some traces of album corner marks, but a truly superb card and an image we have never seen previously.
		G-VG Railway Station - black and white printed image showing a view of the station at Camberwell, at this stage a two platform station with a through / express track running down the middle and a train apparently having just left the left hand (city bound) platform.
		Light wear at corner tips but no serious faults and of course depicts a railway station that is long since defunct, being closed when the Kew Branch Line ceased operation in 1957 and subsequently demolished - now the site of the VicRoads headquarters.
	www.edwardian-delights.com /saletausvic.htm (2287 words)

	Croydon, Victoria - Psychology Central
		The station, along with the town that grew from it, was re-named Croydon, after Croydon, England.
		Croydon is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
		Travellers would travel by rail to (then unnamed) Croydon, and were then faced with a horse and coach ride to Warrandyte, which was not expected by many people.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Croydon,_Victoria (295 words)

	World War 1 and 2 - Swinburne University of Technology
		The University has campuses in numerous parts of Melbourne including Croydon, Hawthorn, Prahran, Lilydale, Wantirna, and Healesville.
		Whilst lacking the broad coverage of the larger Melbourne universities, it is quite strong in specialised areas such as radio astronomy and "molecular simulation", an area of materials science.
		Swinburne University of Technology is a small university based over a number of campuses in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.
	www.worldwardiary.com /history/Swinburne_University (136 words)

	Walkabout - Normanton
		The railway line was originally planned to service the beef industry by running from Normanton to Cloncurry but the discovery of gold at Croydon redirected it.
		However the gold diggings were short-lived and although the Normanton-Croydon railway line was opened by 1907 the whole area was on the decline.
		In its first year of operation there were 55 railway employees and the train was carrying 10 000 passengers each year.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/QLDNormanton.shtml (818 words)

	Ventura Bus Lines
		At the turn of the 20th century, horse and coach operated from the Ringwood railway station into the Dandenong State forest via The Basin to Olinda and Sassafras carrying summer tourists.
		In 1928, the Croydon to Olinda bus route running via Mount Dandenong and Mount Dandenong Tourist Roads was officially listed as a country omnibus route number 16 by the Melbourne City Council.
		Later, when the railway line was extended to Croydon, day-trippers travelled from Croydon via Mount Dandenong Road to Olinda still by horse and coach.
	www.venturabus.com.au /about.html (1879 words)

	Kilsyth and Kilsyth South, Victoria
		The original village centre was on Mt. Dandenong Road, which was the linking route between the Croydon railway station and the Dandenong Ranges.
		Kilsyth is in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges and the cleared land was suitable for orchards.
		Kilsyth has a small shopping centre in Mt. Dandenong Road near the first primary school Mt. Dandenong Road is also the address of a Catholic primary school, elderly persons' accommodation, the Linley reception centre and a larger shopping centre, Churinga Village, near the Kilsyth Hall.
	www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/kilsythandkilsythsth.html (338 words)

	Croydon - Queensland - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
		The railway was built to transport gold and people from Croydon to the port at Normanton.
		The area had been settled in the early 1880s by pastoralists and it was W. Brown, the manager of Croydon Downs Station, who, in November 1885, discovered gold.
		By some peculiar quirk of fate the railway is still running, although it hasn't shown a profit since 1907.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Queensland/Croydon/2005/02/17/1108500202281.html (579 words)

	Independent, The (London): THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA BY RAIL
		Perhaps the grandest station in the country is Flinders Street station in Melbourne; its corner street facade resembles that of Waterloo in London.
		Subsequent railway construction during the 19th century was more orthodox, the first steam-operated railway opening between Melbourne and Sandridge in 1854.
		State government-sponsored railways operate most trains within states (eg Queensland Rail and New South Wales's Countrylink), while inter-state trains are generally provided by the Great Southern Railway (00 61 8 8213 4592, www.gsr.com.au).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030920/ai_n12715431 (1450 words)

	Croydon South, page 16
		Bluehaven is only a 5 minute walk from the beautiful village of Hurstbridge or railway station for your ride to Melbourne.
		Melbourne's famous trams run past the door, ready to take you to all those...
		Situated on the Princes Highway 18kms south of Melbourne City Centre.
	www.wheretostay.com.au /catalog/listings/all/all/3/Croydon_South/16 (492 words)

	Metlink - Your guide to public transport in metropolitan Melbourne
		Melbourne’s trains are back to normal timetables from Monday 23 January.
		Melbourne made easier for people with a disability.
		Or tell us the name of the train station from where you will start your journey.
	metlinkmelbourne.com.au (479 words)

	Untitled Document
		The plan involves integrating Main St shops, the Croydon railway station, bus terminus, Arndale Shopping Centre, Swinburne TAFE and services in the Civic Square area.
		After a performance by the band at Melbourne University during which singer Christa Hughes bared her breasts, the student unions of Swinburne and RMIT cancelled scheduled performances because the display was 'inappropriate for lunchtime entertainment in that it presented women as sexualised objects'.
		The Swinburne University Hospital, due to open soon in Melbourne, is believed to be the first in Australia to integrate complementary therapies routinely into its clinical practice, research and training.
	www.swin.edu.au /corporate/marketing/media_coverage/e-summaries010323.htm (1350 words)

	Accommodation Victoria, Australia - Crystal Creek Self-contained Cottage, Alexandra
		Croydon’s English Bed and Breakfast is 500 metres to the Croydon railway station and is conveniently situated so as to be able to walk to every facility.
		Croydon offers large parks and many restaurants, all within walking distance of the bed and breakfast.
		Croydon Main Street is close by within walking distance and has a delightful shopping strip offering many different kinds of shopping – plenty for everyone!
	www.babs.com.au /croydon/relax.htm (251 words)

	Links No.2
		The Yass Railway Museum is run by Volunteers and is dedicated to preserving the rail infrastructure and buildings relating to Yass Towns Tramway/Railway as well as the eventual restoration of engines and carriages as used on this line.
		to re-open this railway, which ran from 1926 to 1952.
		The Model Railway Club in the Yarra Ranges.
	gchr.4t.com /Links2.html (168 words)

	Short Australian Train Trips
		The South Australian Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society is a non-profit organization which runs the Cockle Train, thus all the maintenance and operating staff are volunteers.
		The return trip is done on Thursday with the train departing Croydon at 8:30 am and arriving in Normanton at 1:00 pm.
		Many passengers stay overnight at Croydon and do the return trip the next day, or you can take your vehicle on the train and continue your trip from Croydon.
	getaway.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=16371 (405 words)

	South Croydon (disambiguation) - Psychology Central
		Croydon South - part of the City of Maroondah which is an Eastern suburb of the city of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia
		The street South End in the London Borough of Croydon, colloquially known as "South Croydon".
		The post town South Croydon, Surrey, CR2, an area which spans the full width of the London Borough of Croydon and includes the villages of:
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/South_Croydon_%28disambiguation%29 (161 words)

	ROSEHILL LODGE
		Kalorama is one of the smaller villages on the lower reaches of the beautiful Dandenong Ranges between the villages of Olinda and Montrose and is approximately (50 Kilometres) one hour by car from the City of Melbourne and 10 - 15 minutes from the nearest railway station of Croydon.
		There is a regular bus service with a bus stop opposite the back gate of the property that links with other local villages, railways stations and major shopping centres.
		The property is a five minutes stroll from a post office, 5 minutes by car to the nearest supermarket and shopping centre.
	www.ghill.info /houselifestyle.htm (233 words)

	Montrose, Victoria
		After the first world war Montrose's distance from the Croydon railway station became less of a disadvantage.
		Between 1987 and 1996 the median house prices in Montrose were slightly under the median prices for metropolitan Melbourne.
		Montrose's identity has been strengthened by the building of a town centre (1986) which includes a large community hall, a library, a senior citizens' centre and a restored historic cottage.
	www.arts.monash.edu /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/montrose.html (411 words)

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