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Railway Settlements in Sth Australia
When you cross into South Australia there a number of Railway Settlements. Most now have populations of less than 20 people. […]
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Texas, Queensland
Texas, is on the Dumeresq River in Queensland approx.240 km from Brisbane. The population is around 900 people. The settlement was originally part of the Texas Cattle Station and by 1880 the surrounding area was […]
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Rylstone is a small town in New South Wales
Rylstone is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in the Central Tablelands. It is located on the Bylong Valley Way road route. At the 2016 census, Rylstone had a population of almost 650 people. The name ‘Rylstone’ has no […]
Architecture
Tooraweenah, a tiny rural village of about 130 people, NSW
I have been trying to do some research on the History of Tooraweenah, a tiny rural village of about 130 people on the lower western slopes of the Warrumbungles in NSW. The first store was […]
Australian History
Australian Photographs
Australian Time-Lapse
This entire Australian time-lapse sequence was painstaking captured on digital SLR cameras and edited from 104,000 individual photographs by renowned Australian photographer Dayman Steptoe. It was featured in National Geographic in November 2011 and has […]
Australian History
Australia’s Oldest Surviving Gold Rush Town
Australia’s oldest surviving gold-rush town, Sofala, is just 49 km from Bathurst in New South Wales. The village has only two streets, with most of the buildings in original condition. Edward Hargraves discovered gold nearby […]
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Commercial Hotel Tenterfield – Restoration of 1940’s Hotel
You get to see a lot of Country Pubs as you travel around Regional Australia, however on a recent trip to Tenterfield in NSW I had the good fortune to stay in an outstanding property, […]
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