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1129:"Australian Railway Songs: The Workers Who Inspired "Three Rivers Hotel'"
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1163:21 December
1138:21 December
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1049:30 December
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1536:Mt Edwards
1436:Crows Nest
1381:Beaudesert
1350:Millmerran
1345:Glenmorgan
1320:Blackwater
1315:Moura Line
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1556:Pemberton
1506:Killarney
1471:Greenvale
1461:Goomburra
1335:Goonyella
1330:Etheridge
1235:Main Line
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599:Paluma /
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1725:Category
1546:Mulgowie
1541:Mt Perry
1531:Maryvale
1491:Jandowae
1451:Dugandan
1416:Canungra
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1596:Windera
1586:Urangan
1561:Proston
1551:Nanango
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1496:Kajabbi
1411:Bulimba
1406:Buderim
1355:Wandoan
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1576:Tarong
1501:Kilcoy
1481:Injune
1431:Cooyar
1396:Boonah
1376:Amiens
1364:Closed
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1581:Texas
1476:Haden
1158:eHive
793:Lynam
116:Route
1486:Isis
1386:Bell
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