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Re: Town of Picton

Subject: Re: Town of Picton
From: "Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 15:58:51 +1100
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Railway Rasputin wrote in message <38430F74.6DD84607@fastlink.com.au>...
>I thought Thirlmere's original name was Redbank?
>> ISTR Picton's original name was Redbank but I don't know when the name
was
>> changed.

... from STATION NAMES (3Ed., PTCNSW Archives Section, February 1979)
PICTON  opened 1.7.1863
THIRLMERE opened as REDBANK 1.8.1885, to THIRLMERE 1.8.1886
not to be confused with
STRATHFIELD opened as REDMYRE (halt) 9.7.1876, to STRATHFIELD 8.3.1885

Rgds

Bill

References:
- Town of Picton
  - From: "Roy Pickton2" <rpickton@eisa.net.au>
- Re: Town of Picton
  - From: James Robinson <NOSPAM@ERIE.NET>
- Re: Town of Picton
  - From: "Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au>
- Re: Town of Picton
  - From: Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au>

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