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  To the Setting Sun: A History of Railway Construction, Rockhampton to Longreach 1865-1892
  To Setting Sun: Railway from Rockhampton


 
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Media: BOOK - paperback, 64 pages
Author: I. Hoch
Year: 1997
Other Data: b&w photos, index
ISBN: 187599825X

Availability: Out of Print
Product Code: CQU014
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An interesting story of human achievement in the days before machine power and modern technology. Construction of a railway from Rockhampton to Longreach and consequent settlement of the land displaced the Aboriginal tribes of Central Queensland. By the time the project was complete, a culture had been destroyed.

Construction of the railway was vital to the establishment of Central Queensland towns, and this book tells how it all happened. An easy to read account of historical importance.

Contents:
Preface
List of Illustrations
The Serpent: A short story about Aboriginal response to the railway
1. Rockhampton-Westwood 1865-1867
2. Westwood-Rocky Creek 1872-1874
3. Rocky Creek-Duaringa 1874-1876
4. Duaringa-Comet-Emerald 1876-1879
5. Emerald-Bonantungan-Pine Hill 1879-1883
6. Pine Hill-Alpha-Jericho 1883-1885
7. Jericho-Barcaldine 1885-1886
8. Barcaldine-Longreach 1889-1892
Sources
Opening Dates
Pioneers of Capricorn
Index

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