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TitleIpswich: Queensland's Railway CityDate Created9th November 2021Program Chasing Our PastPresenterRob ShielsAcknowledgementQueensland MuseumCity & StateIpswich, QueenslandDescriptionIpswich, the birthplace of rail in Queensland, has been a railway city for 156 years. Our railway past can tell us a lot about who we are and why our city is the way it is today.
Join Rob Shiels, Curator at The Workshops Rail Museum as he examines the history and development of the major railway workshops across Ipswich, as well as the various lines and sidings that once criss-crossed the city.
As a well as being an important centre for the Queensland Government Railways, Ipswich also had a number of large private firms that contributed to Queensland's railway development. References (online)Click here for high resolutionReference ID2021-11-09 COP - Railway - Rob ShielsAsset TypeWebinar / Talk - MP4Music, Audio and Video (Trove mapping field)lectureRecording Length1:16:30Copyright NoticeThis licence lets you download, redistribute, translate, and remix the work, for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes only.
In return, you MUST always acknowledge the original creator of the work (photographer, studio, author, etc.) and acknowledge Picture Ipswich as your source of the work.
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If you require a higher resolution copy of this work, please contact Picture Ipswich.CopyrightPicture Ipswich Copyright InformationGovernment & Non-Government OrganisationsQueensland RailNorth Ipswich Railway WorkshopsThe Workshops Rail Museum (Queensland Museum)Queensland MuseumSubjectsRailwaysWorkshopsTrainsCurated CollectionsChasing Our Past At HomeDefining Tulmur | IpswichShaping Our Identity: Transport
Join Rob Shiels, Curator at The Workshops Rail Museum as he examines the history and development of the major railway workshops across Ipswich, as well as the various lines and sidings that once criss-crossed the city.
As a well as being an important centre for the Queensland Government Railways, Ipswich also had a number of large private firms that contributed to Queensland's railway development. References (online)Click here for high resolutionReference ID2021-11-09 COP - Railway - Rob ShielsAsset TypeWebinar / Talk - MP4Music, Audio and Video (Trove mapping field)lectureRecording Length1:16:30Copyright NoticeThis licence lets you download, redistribute, translate, and remix the work, for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes only.
In return, you MUST always acknowledge the original creator of the work (photographer, studio, author, etc.) and acknowledge Picture Ipswich as your source of the work.
All derivatives of this work MUST be shared under the same Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license.
If you require a higher resolution copy of this work, please contact Picture Ipswich.CopyrightPicture Ipswich Copyright InformationGovernment & Non-Government OrganisationsQueensland RailNorth Ipswich Railway WorkshopsThe Workshops Rail Museum (Queensland Museum)Queensland MuseumSubjectsRailwaysWorkshopsTrainsCurated CollectionsChasing Our Past At HomeDefining Tulmur | IpswichShaping Our Identity: Transport
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This licence lets you download, redistribute, translate, and remix the work, for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes only.
In return, you MUST always acknowledge the original creator of the work (photographer, studio, author, etc.) and acknowledge Picture Ipswich as your source of the work.
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