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Echuca Wharf and Railway (built in 1864-65)


The Port of Echuca:
Time permitting, additional text and images will be loaded to explain how Echuca has made its river and rail heritage work for their community by bringing in heritage tourism dollars. In the mean time please follow the links to Echuca.

Ipswich as an early pioneer inland river port with its rich river boat and rail history and could easlily follow the success storey of the Port of Echuca.

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The recently restored Echuca wharf railway (above) and the remaining section of wharf (above right)

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Visual and audio display of the "Meeting of the Whistles" (above)

Emmylou (above) and the Canberra (above right)

 

Pevensey (above) and an unkown private paddle steamer (above right)

 

Hero being re-built (above) and Adelaide (above right)

 

© youripswich.com 2004, 2004-08-08

Photos taken 26th Sept. 2004

You can Help save our heritage:

Download Current Petition and gather as many signatures as possible.

Download Reference Material

Links to Echuca:

Port of Echuca

Echuca Moama Tourist Info.

The Heiner Road Precinct:

Precinct Overview

Heiner Road Overbridge

Heiner Road

Wharf Railway

Tarpaulin Stores

Gas Works

Bremer River Bridges

Bremer River Paddle Steamers

More Railway Heritage:

1865-1873 Mi-Hi Railway

Proposed Brisbane Extension

Background :

Summary

Newspaper Clippings

Ipswich The Heritage City?

Riverlink Development Timeline

Riverlink Designs 1 & 2

Points of View :

Lay it on the Line

Losing Our Heritage

Links :

Picture Queensland

QR History

QR Railway Shop

What is a heritage place?

Protecting cultural heritage

Ipswich Heritage Study

Heritage Consultative Committee

Ipswich City Character Provisions

2004 Year of the Built Environment

2004 YBE Nomination Forms

A message from Peter Beattie, Premier of Queensland