Order from our australian book shop for free shipping australia wide. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Submission of additional information to the nsw government. Queensland railway employees, 1889 1940 myheritage. Place names policy nsw environment, energy and science. You can order a copy of the english language original online from publishers atlantic books.
This series comprises selfindexed volumes containing staff record sheets of employees who worked with the victorian railway traffictransportation branch. Collectable railroad books for sale shop with afterpay ebay. Conservation management plan, report for the nsw state railway authority. All nsw government news working and business in nsw start or grow a business, export or import goods, or find information on industries, employment, events and doing business in nsw. Collectable railroad books for sale shop with afterpay. The book is very big, and broken up into nine volumes, each volume being one of the australian historical themes.
These cards record appointment and service history details of railway employees born after 1900. In 1886 a parramatta station porter, william schey, formed the amalgamated railway and tramway service association, the first attempt to draw all nsw rail employees under one union banner. At the time, the nsw railways and tramways department was the largest enterprise in the state, with 45,000 employees. Railway personal history cards these cards detail the service history of state rail employees born prior to 1900, and were kept by the finance branch to record rates of pay, leave, and superannuation entitlements. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Incorporating the wolgan valley railway, a paper read before the sydney university engineering society, on september 21, 1910. Library reading room in parliament house, brisbane, ca. Listings of australian particularly nsw titles, usa, uk and world railway tramwaybus books are now available. The big four railway companies lms, lner, southern railway and gwr with its iconic swindon works and the beginnings of british rail are all explored.
This collection is an index of the employees of the queensland railways between 1889 and 1940. It gives the name, age from 1899, position, branchoffice, and railwaydivision for each person employed in the railway service in queensland on 30th day of june. Countrymindless rural railway closure csu research output. Learn about what other family history eresources are available. Im conducting a family history project and recently discovered four relatives worked for the victorian railways. We pride ourselves on professional, flexible learning and strive to provide the best experience possible for students to attain their goals. The first company to start rail transport in new south wales was the sydney railway company which was incorporated on 10 october 1849 with the aim of building a railway from sydney to parramatta. The construction of the transsiberian railway at the end of the 19th century provided a similar national link for russia. Nsw historical themes regional and local histories as contexts for understanding the state significance of potential shr items imagine that the state heritage register is a book, called an illustrated history of new south wales. The first sod was turned by mrs keith stewart daughter of the governor at cleveland paddocks an area between the southern end of the. Nsw department of works and services heritage group.
Artsa survived several periods of growth and crisis until the 1917 strike, when the union collapsed after deregistration. One in 1907, two in the mid 1930s and one in the 1940s. Byways of steam vol 1 on the new south wales railways in. These essays tell the story of the nsw railways connection to broken hill from the. The great strike of 1917 began on 2 august when around 5,780 new south wales railway and tramway employees downed tools to protest against the new job timecard system that had been introduced a few weeks before. A quantum jump in freight business is another highlight of the year. It is located approximately 23 kilometres 14 mi west of the sydney central business district on the banks of the parramatta river. The railway bookshop has about 3,500 individual titles currently available. Most were from the eveleigh railway workshops and the randwick tramway workshops. The nsw state records are responsible for the conservation of the nsw government railways archival collection including staff records, historic photos and annual reports. Their first, and more traditional, role was the transport of military personnel and supplies, raw materials and equipment for war industries, along with the usual goods and passengers.
The interior of the old sydney railway station nsw. The magazine contains news, fulllength articles on current topics, historical and. Personal history cards employees born between 1900 and 1962. Indian railways objectives in 2008 indian railways created a history by generating a cash surplus before dividend of rs 20,000 cr as against rs 14,700 cr in the previous year. Magazine and journal articles, etc concerning the lancashire and yorkshire railway. The rare and collectable books would make great gifts for a railway fan or to add to your personal collections.
Mar 31, 2008 im conducting a family history project and recently discovered four relatives worked for the victorian railways. The heritage council of nsw has developed a policy to provide guidance on the place names of state heritage register items. Australian railway historical society nsw division book. By 1907, there were 168,000 miles 268,800km of railway outside europe and the usa, built at a cost of nearly gb. Employment with the railways covered a large range of positions, including. Regional nsw support and opportunities for people moving a business or starting an enterprise in regional nsw. These essays tell the story of the nsw railways connection to broken hill. So that starts off with probably the first train, the rule book says it is there, but we are not. The intention of these pages to make as much information as possible available on the. These cards detail the service history of state rail employees born prior to 1900.
Railway records welcome to the royal australian historical society. The railway services conduct rules, 1966 for indian. Vprs 537 employee history sheets, traffictransportation branch circa 1910 to 1926. It includes the name, age in 1899, position, branchoffice, and railwaydivision for each person employed in the railway service in queensland on the 30th day of june for the year indicated. Railway employee record cards research data australia. The cards were kept by the finance branch for superannuation purposes and include employees from a range of metropolitan and country locations. The australian railway historical society arhs is the key organisation in australia who research the history of the nsw railways. Access railway records, including employment, locomotives, photos, plans. Their first, and more traditional, role was the transport of military personnel and supplies, raw materials and equipment for. The database includes approximately 370,000 names and covers the entire career of many railway employees.
The employee history cards are open to public access after 30 years from the date of. During world war ii the nsw government railways carried out two main roles. How the railways transformed the world by brendan martin a fascinating book by britains leading commentator on transport tells a colourful story of how railways have changed our lives. The listings will describe the condition of the book.
A listing of our large range of secondhand bus and tram books is now available to download. In 1986 the australian railways union celebrated one hundred years of industrial unionism on the new south wales railways. Australians generally assumed in the 1850s that railways would be built by the private sector. More than a decade later in 1974 came the shale railways of nsw by gifford eardley and eric stephens, published by the nsw branch of the australian railway historical society. Railcorp is a nsw government agency that holds rail property assets, rolling stock and rail infrastructure in the sydney metropolitan area and limited country locations in the state of nsw and it makes these assets available to sydney trains and nsw trains for their operations. In 1886 a parramatta station porter, william schey, formed the amalgamated railway and tramway service association, the first attempt to. Family history eresources and indexes state library of. The nsw railway institute was formally opened on the 14th march 1891.
This book ran to 241 pages and had a separate map, enclosed in an envelope, which was attached to the rear endpaper. Over the course of the war, 8,447 men from the department enlisted and by the end of the war 1,214 of these men had died in service. Nsw railways past and present public group facebook. End of the line sydney trains oral history project march 2015. The railway services conduct rules, 1966 contains various guidelines for indian railway employees to refrain themselves from doing misconducts. I was wondering if anyone had a list of victorian railway employees and where they worked, for how long and what they did. Dymocks book arcade continued to supply books at discounted prices to the. Ordinary train staff manual system, known as staff and ticket.
It is also available in japanese from kawade shobo. Railways have an extremely long life time and are constructed to withstand natural. During world war ii, a crossing loop was built to cope with the heavy traffic, which was extended in the 1980s. The station was opened with the line in august 1932. Listings of australian particularly nsw titles, usa, uk and world railwaytramwaybus books are now available. Railway digest brings you the very latest in railway news. Find information about ancestors in indexes to queensland material held at state library. Capital was raised, shares were sold, and a route was surveyed. Description this course consists of 7 core units that form the basis of a rail. Contents railways an historical introduction 1 railways as world heritage sites some theoretical and practical considerations 5 the proposed criteria for internationally significant railways 8 the criteria in practice some railways of note 12 case 1. This article is part of the history of rail transport by country series. The main index covers the entire career of many railway employees.
It includes the name, age in 1899, position, branchoffice, and railway division for each person employed in the railway service in queensland on the 30th day of june for the year indicated. Railway employee history of relatives ancestors railpage. Discover databases with information from australia and around the world. Go train gotrain rto nationally accredited online training. Indexes railways and railway workers wwi military and war copy service nrs 12922. Start or grow a business, export or import goods, or find information on industries, employment, events and doing business in nsw. These pages contain a variety of information about the nsw railway network, both historical and current. Lew roberts in his book rails to wealth gives an answer thus. This page contains photos of a historic nature, defined as those which were taken at least 20 years ago. Study leave rules maximum amount of study leave acs no. Queensland railway employees 18891940 electronic resource. The passenger earnings have increased by 14 percent while coach earnings have shown a rise of 48 percent.
Books published by the railway itself are not included in the list, apart from a couple which a bibliography of british railway history, 2nd ed. Railway books and train books available in australia at 30% below the rrp. An avid railroad enthusiast learning about the history of significant railways and locomotives can be made easier with a full range of collectable books on the railroads of australia and beyond. From the early days of steam engines, to the development of steam and diesel locomotives and the heyday of rail travel, both the technical developments and the social impact of the. The series summarised the employment history of victorian railway employees who ceased work during the period 1953 to 1983.
The contents of the series however, extends back to 1925 as the previous employment details were recorded on these cards. Railways have an extremely long life time and are constructed to withs. Name of the employee date of birth date of appointment designation and salary other information date of. Western sydney thematic history home nsw environment. It gives the name, age from 1899, position, branchoffice, and railwaydivision for each person employed in the railway service in queensland on 30th day of june for the year indicated. Mount murray is a heritagelisted railway station in on the unanderra to moss vale railway line, a few kilometres east of robertson. A short history of the victorian railways trams by david. Included are unclaimed pension books, information on refunds and the.
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