MRSI/Merriwa Railway station, NSW.

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Good Morning,

Today is Saturday the 11th of January, 2020.

A Photo from Ron Prestons collection, taken some time in the 60's.

I am doing an Update on the MRSI/ Merriwa Railway Station.

Merriwa Railway Society inc, has their own Webpage and Facebook Page.

Links will follow soon.







The 7 Photos above, were taken on the 15 and 16th of Feb 2013.

More Photos and Info to follow.

https://www.facebook.com/MerriwaRailwaySociety/

Photos of the most recent work are available on the above Facebook Page.
Recently a lot of work has been done on the goods shed.
Well done to all the Volunteers who have done all the work.

https://www.merriwarailwaysocietyinc.org








More Info and Photos to follow soon.

Here's some photos of the outside,






These Photos were taken on Friday June the 2nd 2017, Been to busy to return to get some more Photos.


The last two Photos were taken on the 26th and 27th of July 2013.






The last 7 Photos were taken in December 2015, as far as I am aware.

Some interesting info,

The Post Office opened in 1845

A school was opened in 1850

Holy Trinity Church was consecrated in 1855

By 1858 the town had 3 Inns and two Blacksmiths.

In 1888 the towns's first bank, the Australian Joint Stock Bank, opened.

More info and Photos to follow. Hope you are enjoying all the info I am putting up here.



https://aussietowns.com.au/region/nsw/hunter-valley

https://aussietowns.com.au/town/merriwa-nsw

More info and Photos to follow soon.





The last 5 Photos were taken at the 100 years turning of the sod celebrations.
June 2012.

https://ahrsinews.blogspot.com/2019/04/special-feature-special-railway-station_24.html

https://ahrsinews.blogspot.com/2019/11/special-feature-merriwa-railway-line.html


A Photo from the early days.

Have a Great Day everybody.

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