Australian Railway Story (Contents)

Guide

Chapters: • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 •

Australian Railway Story On Line through the eyes of Songwriters, Musicians, Poets and the odd Story Teller.


Contents

Map: Australian Railways from 1854- Showing railways built and proposed from that time. Many have now disappeared others still remain on the drawing boards for the future

Acknowledgements

Introduction

CHAPTER 1: The Foundation of a Nation and Australian Railway Culture

CHAPTER 2: They Laid The Steel Ribbons

CHAPTER 3: Early Australian Steam Railways 1854 – 1871

CHAPTER 4: The Push To The Outback and Its Social Impact

CHAPTER 5: The Australian Railway Workforce and their Families

CHAPTER 6: Engine Drivers, Their Mates and Locomotives

CHAPTER 7: Australian Railway Workshops

CHAPTER 8: ‘Bungs’ – Please Explains -Running an industry on fines, and red tape.

CHAPTER 9: Radical People and Events Linked with Australian Railways

CHAPTER 10: And Nothing was Cheaper than Men - The Depression

CHAPTER 11: The Second World War

CHAPTER 12: The Post Second World War Era

CHAPTER 13: Trains Trains Trains

CHAPTER 14: As the Users of Australian Railway Services Saw it

CHAPTER 15: Railway Accidents – Chance, Bad Luck or Calamity

CHAPTER 16: Only Rust and Memories

CHAPTER 17: The Hundred Year Old Dream

CHAPTER 18: The Future of Australian Railways and Their On Going Cultural Influence


Reference Sources

Oral

Song and poem competitions

Written Sources

Recordings

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