Telarah to Dungog

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Construction between Oakhampton and Mindaribba. circa 1910

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Construction of the railway bridge across the Hunter near Oakhampton, approx 1910

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Navvies' camp at Paterson in 1909 - construction of the Dungog section of the line.

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The front of a postcard dated 28 February 1909 sent from Paterson by Robert Mulholland (marked with a cross in the photo) to his mother in Sydney. The photo was probably taken during construction of the north coast railway line through the Paterson district. Image courtesy of Gary Sullivan.

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Paterson Bridge during construction (Picture Maitland)

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Paterson Railway Bridge during construction (Picture Maitland)

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Railway Missionary tent at the Paterson camp in 1909.

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Martins Creek, line construction, 1911

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Wallarobba tunnel, construction.

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Wallarobba tunnel

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Wallarobba tunnel moulds - 1910

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Railway construction work near Wallarobba (Maitland City Library)

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Wallarobba tunnel construction, 1909

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1909 article - Hooke's Hill was eventually to be known as Wirragulla. What the article shows is that the railway camps during construction of the line were pretty much small villages in their own right.

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Smith & Tims Railway contractors with employees passing through Dungog to Taree (59 George Kelly photo)