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Railway, Darwin [B 9067] • Photograph

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Summary

Opening ceremony Darwin-Pine Creek Railway - 1 October 1889. A letter from JY Harvey, dated 1962, of the Australian Railway Historical Society which accompanies this photograph suggests that the event captured in the photograph is actually the christening of the locomotive which took place on 19th July 1887. A banquet was held in the Palmerston Town Hall. Mrs Paper, wife of the respected Judge was requested to perform the ceremony. The Millars Brothers First Locomotive cost the firm at least five hundred pounds and was christened "Port Darwin". By September 14th, 1889 the railway line was complete and handed over to the Government on October 4th, 1889 with lottle ceremony or fuss.

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.0 cm x 15.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

1889

Collection

Part of Darwin Collection

Subject

Railroads -- Northern Territory -- Darwin

Catalogue record

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General notes

Geospatial coordinates indicate an approximate location.

Digitisation information

Date

16/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,173 x 2,325 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

22.16 MB

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