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History of the Tunnel

Li-Sun on May 25th 2010

By the second half of the 19th Century, in the colony of New South Wales, the Great Southern Railway that ran from Sydney to Picton had become totally inadequate. Settlement was spreading south beyond Goulburn and valuable natural resources such as marble and sandstone, coal and shale, as well as timber and farm produce had to be carted to Sydney by bullock wagons over difficult terrain on roads that were at times barely passable. For people travelling the journey was tedious, slow, uncomfortable and often downright dangerous.

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Tunnel Visionary

Li-Sun on May 25th 2010

From the Courier Mail, October 30, 2006: http://www.couriermail.com.au/lifestyle/food-wine/tunnel-visionary/story-e6frer4x-1111112440584

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