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Afghan cameleers in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

The introduction of camels and the so-called 'Afghan' cameleers proved to be a turning point in the exploration and development of the Australian interior. Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia: B 14739. Image courtesy of the State Libra...

Railways in Australia and great train journeys - Australia's Culture Portal

The first train lines in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide spanned only a few kilometres. These early inland rail lines formed the basis for the systems that would eventually become Australia's transcontinental railways. Diesel trains are still used for cou...

Sacred places - Australian battlefield pilgrimages - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of AAP Images. For many Australians, the experience of visiting a place where Australians died and suffered during war is a reminder of the real meaning of the day. Defence Minister Robert Hill and Captain Nick Berry during ANZAC day dawn ...

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Australian Railway Historical Society ACT Division   (more info)

The Society is based in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, and has an office in Queanbeyan, and museum and maintenance workshops in the Canberra suburb of Kingston. The Society operates heritage and tour trains. Visit the website for news, inf

The Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society (ANGRMS)   (more info)

The Society was formed by a group of railway enthusiasts to preserve a representative collection of locomotives and rolling stock used on the Queensland sugar mill tramways. Contains an overview of the Society, news, open days, information on the collecti

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NMA Collections Search - Tents set up on goods train carriages. Trans-Australian Railway   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Basic search | Advanced search | Browse | Help | Feedback Tents set up on goods train carriages. Contact us | Media | Recruitment | Privacy statement | Copyright notice | Conditions of use | Library ...

NMA Collections Search - An Australian railway gang taking bricks and stones for road and railway ballast purposes - Our Boys At The Fron [no.22]   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>A postcard featuring a black and white image titled "An Australian railway gang taking bricks and stones for road and railway ballast purposes." Text across the postcard...

NMA Collections Search - Commemorative book celebrating the Trans-Australian Railway, Turning the First Sod, By His Excellency the Governor General at Port Augusta, 14 September 1912   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Basic search | Advanced search | Browse | Help | Feedback Commemorative book celebrating the Trans-Australian Railway, Turning the First Sod, By His Excellency the Governor General at Port Augusta, 14 September 1912 Contact us | Media | Recruitment | Pri...

NMA Collections Search - Australian Railways Union, Victorian Branch   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Basic search | Advanced search | Browse | Help | Feedback Australian Railways Union, Victorian Branch Contact us | Media | Recruitment | Privacy statement | Copyright notice | Conditions of use | Library ...

NMA Collections Search - Poster advertising 'To Western Australia by Trans-Australian Railway'   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Basic search | Advanced search | Browse | Help | Feedback Poster advertising 'To Western Australia by Trans-Australian Railway' Contact us | Media | Recruitment | Privacy statement | Copyright notice | Conditions of use | Library ...

NMA Collections Search - Framed certificate of the Australian National Railways corporate philosophy   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Framed certificate of the Australian National Railways Corporate Philosophy. The certificate has a thin yellow border and a thicker green border and it features black t...

NMA Collections Search - Australian Railways Union, Victorian Branch   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>Unissued, colour photo lithographic, trade union past officers certificate. "A.R.U. / AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS / UNION / VICTORIAN BRANCH" is in red on a two-tier yellow scroll at the top. Collection statement of significanceThe Andrew Reeves col...

NMA Collections Search - Historical Oodnadatta Railway Station hand bell, presented by Australian National following the closure of the narrow gauge Central Australian Railway December 1980   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Oodnadatta Railway Station brass hand bell with a turned wooden handle, on a wooden base. "Historical Oodnadatta Railway Station bell presented by Australian National f...

NMA Collections Search - Trophy cup for Labour Day Celebrations 1969, Best Working Display won by South Australian Railways   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Silver trophy cup with two triangular side handles. The cup is engraved with "Labour Day Celebrations 1969, Best Working Display won by South Australian Railways". ...

NMA Collections Search - Gold plated pocket watch and fob presented to William Morrow by the Australian Railways Union in 1920 and 1926   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Group photograph, including Bill Morrow, sitting a... Photograph of four people including Bill Morrow in... Description>Gold or gold-plated pocket watch with an attached gold chain and fob. ...

NMA Collections Search - Photocopy letter addressed to "The Research Officer, Australian Railway Historical Society (VIC Division)" from "Mr. Bob Meadley" which details research queries relating to Frederick Karl Esling.   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Photocopy letter addressed to "The Research Officer, Australian Railway Historical Society (VIC Division)" from "Mr. Bob Meadley" which details research queries relating to Frederick Karl Esling. Back | New search | <a href="mailto:collectionsearch@nma.go...

NMA Collections Search - Commemorative book celebrating the Trans-Australian Railway, Turning the First Sod, By His Excellency the Governor General at Port Augusta, 14 September 1912   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>Light blue booklet with gold text, titled "TRANS-AUSTRALIAN / RAILWAY / TURNING THE / FIRST SOD / By / His Excellency the Governor General / at Port Augusta / 14th September 1912". The cover depicts a steam train passing through fields, the e...

NMA Collections Search - Poster advertising 'To Western Australia by Trans-Australian Railway'   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

<img alt='Poster advertising 'To Western Australia by Trans-Australian Railway'' border='0' src='media? There is a yellow background with text in red inscribed "TO / WESTERN AUSTRALIA / by / TRANS- / AUSTRALIAN / RAILWAY..." Collection statement of signif...

NMA Collections Search - Tents set up on goods train carriages. Trans-Australian Railway   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>A sepia postcard featuring a photograph of tents set up on goods train carriages. There is a description on the reverse that reads "TRANS AUSTRALIAN / RAILWAY". Collection name>Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. ...

Music Australia - Australian railway story   (website MusicAustralia )

Australian railway story [electronic resource]. Website contains images, songs, poems and oral history recordings relating to Australia's railways and railway workers. mov files Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. ...