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The Rock to Oaklands: A Riverina Branch Railway (JR-4)

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Product No. JR-4
Title: The Rock to Oaklands: A Riverina Branch Railway
Author(s): Reid, John
Publisher: John Reid Publication
Condition: NEW
Binding: Softcover
Dust Jacket: None
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Year: 2016

Features: 56 Pages with Black/White Photos.

- Oaklands is a town in the Riverina district of southern New South Wales, Australia.

The town is located 615 kilometres south west of the state capital, Sydney and 105 kilometres north west of Albury. Oaklands is in the Urana Shire Local government area and at the 2006 census, had a population of 239. Oaklands Post Office opened on 16 June 1890. - A standard gauge branch line from the New South Wales Government Railways Main Southern railway line at The Rock was extended from Lockhart to Oaklands in 1912.

- A broad gauge branch line from the Victorian Railways Melbourne-Albury railway line at Benalla was extended from Yarrawonga to Oaklands in 1938, creating a break-of-gauge until the New South Wales Government Railways line was closed south of Boree Creek. There are several stations between Yarrawonga and Oaklands