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Re: Replacing Passenger Stock (WAS Re: Bluebird Railcars for Gippsland)

Subject: Re: Replacing Passenger Stock (WAS Re: Bluebird Railcars for Gippsland)
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: 2 Nov 1998 12:08:39 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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David & Jan Winter (winterd@nospam-icenet.com.au) wrote:
> As Australia was proclaimed on 1 Jan 1901, the year 2000 lacks the
> significance of 2001 - but of course, we do have the Olympics, and it does
> mark the end of the 1900s.

Australia was proclaimed on the first day of the 20th Century. Queen
Victoria at the stroke of 2pm in London on 31/12/1900, which made it
exactly the start of the new century in Sydney. 

Cheers
David

References:
- Re: Replacing Passenger Stock (WAS Re: Bluebird Railcars for Gippsland)
  - From: steam4me@enternet.com.au (Yuri J Sos)
- Re: Replacing Passenger Stock (WAS Re: Bluebird Railcars for Gippsland)
  - From: markbau1@aol.comnospam (MarkBau1)
- Re: Replacing Passenger Stock (WAS Re: Bluebird Railcars for Gippsland)
  - From: steam4me@enternet.com.au (Yuri J Sos)
- Re: Replacing Passenger Stock (WAS Re: Bluebird Railcars for Gippsland)
  - From: "Jack" <bd107@tsn.cc>
- Re: Replacing Passenger Stock (WAS Re: Bluebird Railcars for Gippsland)
  - From: "David & Jan Winter" <winterd@nospam-icenet.com.au>

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