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Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia: Railmac Publications, 2013. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 36 pages colour and b/w photos - Peterborough is a town in the mid north of South Australia, in wheat country, just off the Barrier Highway. At the 2006 census, Peterborough had a population of 1,689. It was originally named Petersburg after the landowner, Peter Doecke, who sold land to create the town. It was one of 69 places in South Australia renamed in 1917 due to anti-German sentiments during World War I. Peterborough sits on the intersection of the East-West railway linking Port Pirie and Broken Hill, and the North-South railway linking Adelaide eventually to Alice Springs via Quorn, both narrow gauge (1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)) lines. The line from Port Pirie and Jamestown arrived in 1881, followed shortly after by the line from Terowie in the south. The line to Broken Hill was completed in 1887.[5] Peterborough was the home town for Bob the Railway Dog who is remembered by a bronze statue…
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- Title Peterborough : A Railway Town
- Author McNicol, Steve
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Railmac Publications Australia, Elizabeth, South Australia
- Date 2013
- ISBN 9781864770926
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Adelaide: Railmac Publications. 2013. Small Quarto Size [approx 17x24cm]. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 36 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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