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[3] [4] The Xplorers entered service on the North Western service in October 1993 [5] and on the Canberra service in December 1993. [6] In November 1994, the government ordered a further four Xplorer carriages. [7] From May 2000, Xplorers took over the weekly services to Griffith and Broken Hill. [8] [9] All are scheduled to be replaced by the ...
Blaxland's expedition to cross the Blue Mountains. For many years, plans of westward expansion from Sydney were thwarted by the Great Dividing Range, a large range of mountains which shadows the east coast from the Queensland-New South Wales border to the south coast.
The European settlement at Sydney Cove, established in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, grew rapidly. [5] By the early 19th century, the Blue Mountains had become a barrier to the expansion of the colony, which required more farming land to meet its needs, particularly after the droughts of 1812 and 1813.
The Northern Tablelands Express is the legacy name for the passenger train service in Australia between Sydney and Armidale, and between Sydney and Moree, operated by the New South Wales Government Railways and its successors since June 1941.
A NSW TrainLink refurbished Endeavour at Hamilton station, 2017. In 2017, the Endeavours were refurbished by Downer in Cardiff. The refurbishment includes: New lighting; New flooring, similar to the Waratahs; New livery to two cars, 2851 & 2801 (orange and yellow front, no window band and paint layout similar to the Xplorers. Refurbished seating
South Australia was founded as a "free province"—it was never a penal colony. [33] Victoria and Western Australia were also founded "free", but later accepted transported convicts. [34] [35] A campaign by the settlers of New South Wales led to the end of convict transportation to that colony; the last convict ship arrived in 1848. [36]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. This is a list of maritime ... England and Ireland
Hume and Hovells 1824 expedition is shown by the broken line. The Hume and Hovell expedition was a journey of exploration undertaken in eastern Australia. In 1824 the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane, commissioned Hamilton Hume and former Royal Navy Captain William Hovell to lead an expedition to find new grazing land in the south of the colony, and also to find an answer to ...