NEWCASTLE RAILWAY STATION 1897

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1897

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Overview

Sepia print of Newcastle Railway Station with steam locomotive at the station, on the right. Station building has sign on front end: Newcastle. Edge of station platform roof has a vary-coloured picket edging fringe. There are several men standing and sitting in front of the locomotive. There are also several men, women (two) and children (3 girls) on the platform, some of which are probably railway staff (in uniform). All are looking at the camera. Boans Brothers advertisement (for millinery, mantles & costumes) on billboard on the left of a tall lamp on a pole. More advertising to the right of the station, behind the locomotive. The print is mounted on cream board. The edge is worn and smudged in places.

Historical information

On reverse: written in black ink; 'Burdett Lloyd taken 1897'; former accession no.: TCH 83: 138. NB in BDWA, Vol. 3, a Burdett Constance May Lloyd is listed, born 1888, daughter of Toodyay couple Charles and Hannah Lloyd, living at Nardie and Calbaline. One of the girls in the photo may be 9 year old Burdett? The station platform verandah had been added early 1897.

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cwa-org-37-2007.22

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Material

Width

165 mm

Height or length

215 mm

Contextual information

In January 1887 the building of the Clackline - Newcastle railway line was started by contractors C & E Millar who tendered 39,000 pounds to build 13 miles of track. It was a narrow gauge spur line to be serviced by the Eastern Railways from the main narrow gauge Guildford-Chidlow rail line that had been extended to Northam in 1886. The first passenger train arrived at Newcastle (renamed Toodyay in 1910) in December 1887. There were seven sidings on the line which terminated near the St John the Baptist Catholic Church in Newcastle. By 1897 a station building had been constructed a short distance west of the original terminus at the site now occupied by the Toodyay Medical and Community Centres.

Year

1897

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-31.551903206644, 116.47073787003
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Sunday, 1 February, 2026

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