This link is to the Historical maps section website which has the whole of the city at different times available for viewing for free . usually my first goto for map queries relating to the CBD etc of

This map may be of assistance , The City of Sydney Historical maps web site has many maps available almost back to the first fleet . http://atlas.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/maps/city-of-sydney-building-s

Looking at this Google overlay , it shows where the line was at Portland NSW . https://www.railpage.com.au/downloads?mode=download.view&id=1053 This download covers all of Aust ,zoom in to see Portlan

I presume the article should say 1 1/4 & 2 1/4 miles . Ivanhoe colliery is south east of Portland at Pipers Flat. Cullen [Cullen Bullen ] is north of Portland . The closest limestone was at Ben Bullen

Include also Glenbrook Lagoon , Valley Heights fed from Lawson , Blackheath fed from the lake beside the swimming pool , Dargan creek dams fed to Lithgow & Newnes jct . Did Wenty falls lake feed Lawso

Got mine today at newsagency at Jesmond Newcastle . Looks like G&G have their system under control . Tom J.

The RTA [now RMS ] produced a CD of aerial photos over Sydney called "From the Skies " taken in 1943 . I think it was published about 2005 . Given that photography was still a bit rough in those days

The present jetty has concrete piers ,the older one had timber & more of them. The present jetty is on the same alignment at the previous . The timber abutments just north of the surf club parking are

Thank You for extra info in Trolley Wire , fills in a lot of gaps from my childhood when I was about 8 years old . I was taken to Wallarah colliery one weekend to see salvage efforts when a 60 miler r

A very good read giving the history of the site . I can remember dad showing me some of the ledgers with different ships names on them & the tonnage loaded .There were a few old tipper trucks on site

Clarence colliery at Newnes jct was the only one with a overhead bin & catenary underneath the load chute . As the locos went under the chute the contact wire changed to a solid bar rod which could be

When I was much younger many years ago, my father worked for JABAS in the Sydney office . I was taken down to Balls head often to fish off either the jetty or the wharf on a weekend & often saw the pl

Regarding Renown Colliery , wasn't this serviced by a aerial ropeway which crossed the Mudgee Road & proceeded to the colliery siding which left the Mudgee line in a trailing direction to down trains

Brownstown oval workings still have a couple of large rectangular footings very visible beside the rail line , there is mention of oil shale workings in the early books of Eardley ?? & a few others &

There is a map of the local area in the Mt Vic Museum above the rail station showing the Chert Incline on Mt Vic pass . Although I was a local for about a decade I never got the chance to have a look

The ropeway was upgraded to full auto operation in the mid 90's. I can't remember if there was 2 parallel ropeways before then or it was the new towers for the present ropeway . When I last saw Kandos