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Remnants of a 1928 Cutana derailment in the Olary yard following the cleanup.
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Remnants of a 1928 Cutana derailment in the Olary yard following the cleanup.
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Remnants of a 1928 Cutana derailment in the Olary yard following the cleanup.
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Olary gangers, 1949. L to R: V Hosking, T Davidson, R Dunk, B Brant,
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Olary railway gangers, 1945. L to R: Ivan Haddrill, Howard Casey, Peter Moroney, Ozcar Zilm, Tom Davidson.
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Railway gangers at Olary, 1949. L: H Case, L Robinson, O Zilm, V Hosking
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Olary floods, 1950. Near No. 1 signal entering Olary at the Mannahill end.
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Clearing the Cockburn line after a sand storm, possibly near Olary, c. 1950s. L: Stan Andrews, Jack White, __?
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Olary Gang, 1950. L to R: Stan Andrews, Peterborough resident Peter Moroney, __?, __?, __?
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Olary Gang 1950, Peterborough residents Stan Andrews and Peter Moroney to the left. Note dust build up on rail.
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Olary gang inspecting floodwaters on the Outalpa side of Olary, Peterborough resident Peter Moroney far right, c. 1950. Gangs often had to work under very trying conditions.
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Olary gangers’ quads, c. 1950
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Olary railway gangers, 1950
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Plummer Villa in Olary, 1964. The name came from an earlier resident and the building was used as a barracks during standardisation.
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Olary standard gauge gangers camp, 1964
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R Haines changing the electric staff at Olary with narrow gauge 830 Class locomotive 863, 1967
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Derailment c. 1970 on the Peterborough – Broken Hill at the 268 mile between Olary and Outalpa
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Olary Hotel, 1987
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Olary railway station, 1987
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King’s Bluff just to the north west of Olary, 2013
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King’s Bluff just to the north west of Olary, 2013
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Olary railway station, November 2013
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Olary railway station, November 2013. Old narrow gauge line to the right.
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Olary railway station, November 2013
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Olary railway station, November 2013. Old narrow gauge line in the foreground.
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Olary Hotel, 2013
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