Peterborough cemetery grave of James Cochrane, son of Richard and Ann Cochrane. Richard Cochrane was an early settler of Petersburg and owned land to the west. What is now Peterborough West (to the west of Hurlstone Street) was originally known as Cochrane Town.
Cochrane Farm Peterborough, 1990. Cochrane was one of the early settlers in Petersburg and supplied the land that is now Peterborough West.
Peterborough West and loco depot roundhouse, c. 1960s
Panoramic view of Peterborough West, c. 1960s
Typical concrete railway house at Peterborough West, c. 1950s
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Building new railway houses at Peterborough West, c. 1950
Peterborough loco depot and roundhouse and Peterborough West, c. 1960s. Photo taken from Government Rd.
Peterborough West playground, 1976
Reddaway’s general store in Peterborough West, 1975
Tree planting in Peterborough west playground. L: Maurice Buttfield; R: Bronte Rowe. Child to left is Angela Rankine.
Peterborough West Baptist then Methodist Church, 1975
Methodist Church Peterborough West, c. 1950s
Peterborough West Methodist Church Sunday school anniversary, c. 1950s
Peterborough West concrete railway cottages, c. 1940s. Methodist Church in centre. Cochrane’s farm behind the trees in the distance. Flood at rear is on Yongala Blocks. Photo is taken from near the hospital.
School Teacher accommodation Peterborough West, 1976
Tree plantation in Buxton Crescent Peterborough West, 1967
Tree plantation in Buxton Crescent Peterborough West, 1967
Tree plantation in Buxton Crescent Peterborough West, 1967
Tree plantation in Buxton Crescent Peterborough West, 1967
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