Serviceton. Street entrance of the railway station built jointly by South Australia and Victoria in 1889 for the intercolonial express train service. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Serviceton. Street entrance of the railway station built jointly by South Australia and Victoria in 1889 for the intercolonial express train service. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Serviceton. Planning for the first intercolonial railway line in Australia began in the early 1870s when South Australia started work on the first bridge across the Murray River at what was later named Murray Bridge but then known as Edwards Crossing. The railway through the Adelaide Hills was a major feat of engineering with its sharp gradients, tunnels and viaducts. It reached Murray Bridge in 1883 and Bordertown near the SA/Victorian border in 1886. But there was a zone of disputed territory between the two states which had started back in the 1864 when it was discovered that the border was surveyed where it should be. Victoria had usurped 700 square miles of what was rightfully South Australian territory. There was discussion about compensation but as governments changed agreements were ignored. This issue was not fully resolved until a decision of the High Court of Australia resolved the matter, erroneously, in favour of Victoria in 1914. Thus the border station for the intercolonial railway was settled in 1886 at Serviceton, a few miles into Victorian territory. The Chief Minister and Premier of SA (Sir) John Downer, one of the main writers of the Australia constitution wrote to the Premier of Victoria suggesting that the new border railway town be named Downer after him. The Victorian Premier of the day wrote back and said that as the town was in Victoria it would be named Serviceton after himself. He was Sir James Service. Victorian Premier form 1883 to 1886. Serviceton was the border post where train crews and engines were changed between the Victorian Railways and South Australian Railways. An impressive Customs House/Railway station was commissioned 1887. The first train had left Adelaide for Melbourne on January 19th 1887. Costs were shared between the two states and the complex of 15 main rooms including a large refreshment room was completed in 1889. For two shillings and six pence in the middle of the night you could purchase soup followed by a roast of beef or lamb with vegetables from these refreshments rooms in the 1890s. A small town grew up around the railways/customs complex with shops, a bank, Post Office, billiard room, churches, a fire station and a school but nothing remains today, except for a few houses. In 1887 twenty railway workers cottages were constructed in the new town. Customs roles finished with the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia in January 1901. The refreshment rooms at the railway station closed in 1981 and the station finally closed as a manned station in 1986. The Overland train and freight trains pass through the station very day on their journeys between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
| 撮影日 | 2015-04-05 14:58:31 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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