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