Oatlands

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Type : Station
Line : Oatlands Branch
Distance from Parattah : 006.800km
Location : -42.302287, 147.370384
Opened : 13th May 1885
Closed : 10th June 1949   
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Governor Macquarie named it in 1821 because it reminded him of his native Scotland and the grain that grew there.
Notes : Station (still exists) on eastern side of Wellington St near to the intersection of High St. Facilities included a stockyard, goods shed, sand oven and a loco shed. Two crossovers permitted trains to access the station and there was a carriage shed located near to High St. A coal and a wood stage were in the yards. Station building is now the Lady Gowrie Tasmania Oatlands Education and Care Service at 34 Wellington Street, Oatlands.

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Oatlands station, 7/1/1983

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1926 timetable

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Oatlands layout

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Oatlands station, 2023

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Oatlands - undated (Oatlands History Centre)

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Undated (Paige Copley)

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OATLANDS: Near the Railway Station
Weekly Courier August 29th 1918