Re: train carriage/s - where to get one

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@NOSPAMbhp.com>]

"David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Trig Lycerides" <Trig.Lycerides@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> > i don't think Coolangatta is anywhere near Nowra - are you sure about
> that -
> > I thought they were about 1000km apart.
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> A brief history lesson:
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> The original Coolangatta is near Nowra.  Associated with Alexander Berry,
> whose name was ultimately given to a town and railway station.  Also
> associated with Crows Nest farm and the lower north shore of Sydney.
>
> A ship of that name owned by Berry foundered on the Gold Coast in 1846,
> hence the name Coolangatta was adopted for that location as well
>
> Regards
>
> David Bennetts.
>
>
IIRC the suburb of Wollstonecraft was named after some part of the Berry
family as well.
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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