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Re: Northern Australia Rlwy
- Subject: Re: Northern Australia Rlwy
- From: Barry Campbell <barryC@qimr.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 15:37:37 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Qld Institute of Medical Research
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< Tell > wrote:
>
> "John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com> wrote:
> >
> >Is this true?
> >
> >Recently I remember reading of Japanese attacks on other parts of
> >Australia, including Townsville, which is a much larger railway centre than
> >Darwin.
> >
> >Does anyone know any more information about this?
>
> Townsville was bombed.!!
>
> The North Australia Railway was the only government
> railway in Australia which suffered extensive damage
> due to Japanese air attacks during WW2. That is fact,
> please do some more research, instead of "remember
> reading recently". Do you think QR would let people
> forget that they were bombed.? ......... ask them.!
>
Townsville was shelled, but I don't know of any railway damage.
Barry Campbell