Australia's first railway consisted of the seven-mile horse-drawn freight line between Goolwa and Port Elliot in South Australia, which began service on 18 May 1854. Information source Wikipedia.
From the same source : Railways in Australia date from the 10 December 1831 when the Australian Agricultural Company officially opened Australia's first railway, located at the intersection of Brown & Church Streets, Newcastle, New South Wales.
Of course we're all forgetting what constituted a "railway". The earliest that pre-dates all of those, is the convict railway of Port Arthur, which was of course man powered, and constructed of wooden rails.
That was fantastic ride
Cheers Glynn
Beautiful footage Corey!
Cheers Gregg
Sir Topham Hatt the Railway Controller.
did that go through strathalbyn in this video?
No
Australia's first railway? Are you sure about that?
Australia's first railway consisted of the seven-mile horse-drawn freight line between Goolwa and Port Elliot in South Australia, which began service on 18 May 1854. Information source Wikipedia.
From the same source : Railways in Australia date from the 10 December 1831 when the Australian Agricultural Company officially opened Australia's first railway, located at the intersection of Brown & Church Streets, Newcastle, New South Wales.
ourjeffie It was Australia's First Public Railway. So the others may be government or others.
Of course we're all forgetting what constituted a "railway". The earliest that pre-dates all of those, is the convict railway of Port Arthur, which was of course man powered, and constructed of wooden rails.