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The survey for the
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Bridgetown to Mount Barker Railway League formed in 1911. A report by the Railway Advisory Board from October 1911 recommended a route to Mount Barker branching off between Bridgetown and Manjimup rather than at Bridgetown as the most advantageous
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The line, at the time of approval, was one of three east-west railway lines planned to connect the existing railway lines in the South West region with the Great
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Railway had been authorised days before the
Manjimup Mount Barker one. The
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1391:Proposed railway lines in Western Australia
660:"Styants Says Railway Lines "Not Politics""
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52:and partially surveyed but not constructed
16:Proposed railway line in Western Australia
510:"Manjimup Mount Barker Railway Act 1926"
366:"Railway map of Western Australia, 1952"
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247:The Great Southern Railway, connecting
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451:"New Railways. Manjimup-Mount Barker"
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302:Elleker to Nornalup railway line
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518:Government of Western Australia
273:Parliament of Western Australia
260:west-east route for a railway.
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540:"Manjimup Mt. Barker Railway"
213:Manjimup Mount Barker Railway
129:Manjimup Mount Barker Railway
24:Manjimup Mount Barker Railway
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1094:Brunswick Junction–Narrogin
897:Millendon Junction–Narngulu
341:; Gunzburg, Adrian (2008),
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963:Hamersley & Robe River
318:Yarramony-Eastward Railway
229:Northcliffe Branch railway
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630:"Southern Railway Claims"
578:Manjimup and Warren Times
514:www.legislation.wa.gov.au
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104:161 km (100 mi)
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1157:Goomalling–West Merredin
758:Trans-Australian Railway
119:3 ft 6 in
1302:Approved by Parliament
907:Mount Magnet–Sandstone
748:Great Southern Railway
600:"Building of Railways"
237:Great Southern Railway
50:Approved by Parliament
1358:Agricultural railways
1321:Manjimup–Mount Barker
1311:Boyup Brook–Cranbrook
1251:Jarrahdale–Rockingham
1172:Merredin–Yilliminning
887:Meekatharra-Horseshoe
776:Hopetoun–Ravensthorpe
753:South Western Railway
638:The Albany Advertiser
608:The Albany Advertiser
456:The Albany Advertiser
1260:Trams & tramways
1238:Timber railway lines
1099:Donnybrook–Katanning
1089:Boyanup–Flinders Bay
930:Waroona–Lake Clifton
912:Upper Chapman Valley
824:Donnybrook–Katanning
781:Kalgoorlie–Esperance
768:Goldfields–Esperance
479:"Mount Barker Notes"
1316:Brookton–Dale River
1304:but not constructed
1287:Trams in Kalgoorlie
1182:Toodyay West–Miling
1152:Burakin–Bonnie Rock
1066:Upper Darling Range
902:Mullewa–Meekatharra
668:The West Australian
484:The Albany Despatch
399:The Blackwood Times
1362:Wheatbelt railways
1331:Yarramony eastward
1282:Trams in Fremantle
1246:Ballaarat Tramline
1104:Picton–Northcliffe
1056:Spearwood–Armadale
1036:Midland (suburban)
892:Meekatharra–Wiluna
796:Kalgoorlie–Leonora
791:Kalgoorlie–Kanowna
738:Eastern Goldfields
520:. 24 December 1926
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1031:Midland (country)
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877:Geraldton–Mullewa
857:Avon Yard–Mullewa
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834:Katanning–Pingrup
670:. 5 November 1953
580:. 13 October 1927
550:. 21 January 1927
431:. 14 October 1911
352:978-0-9803922-2-7
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110:Track gauge
101:Line length
1375:Categories
1081:South West
968:Marble Bar
731:Main lines
324:References
257:Bridgetown
217:South West
61:South West
1355:See also:
1124:Wheatbelt
1046:Mundaring
1016:Kalamunda
1011:Fremantle
953:Fortescue
294:Pemberton
290:Cranbrook
96:Technical
1061:Thornlie
1026:Mandurah
1001:Armadale
978:Roy Hill
849:Mid West
249:Beverley
225:Manjimup
182:Manjimup
82:Manjimup
41:Overview
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1006:Belmont
996:Airport
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298:Denmark
271:by the
243:History
235:on the
231:, with
160:30miles
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253:Albany
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