Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Names of Victorian Railway Stations
Author: The Victorian Railways Magazine
Author: The Victorian Naturalist
Author: Names of South Australian Railway Stations with Their Meanings and Derivations
Author: The Victorian Historical Magazine
Author: Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations
Author: Simon JenkinsPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241978998
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Discover the architectural gems that are Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations in this Sunday Times top 10 bestseller 'This is a cracker . . . a beautiful book' Chris Evans It is the scene for our hopeful beginnings and our intended ends, and the timeless experiences of coming and going, meeting, greeting and parting. It is an institution with its own rituals and priests, and a long-neglected aspect of Britain's architecture. And yet so little do we look at the railway station. Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of Great Britain, from Waterloo to Wemyss Bay, Betws-y-Coed to Beverley, to select his hundred best railway stations. Blending his usual insight and authority with his personal reflections and experiences - including his founding the Railway Heritage Trust - the foremost expert on our national heritage deftly reveals the history, geography, design and significance of each of these glories. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of our social history shows the station's role in the national imagination; champions the engineers, architects and rival companies that made them possible; and tells the story behind the triumphs and follies of these very British creations. These are the marvellous, often undersung places that link our nation, celebrated like never before. 'However spectacular the book's photographs, it's the author's prowess as a phrase-maker that keeps you turning the pages' The Times 'An uplifting exploration of our social history' Guardian
Victorian Railways
Author: Victoria. Department of RailwaysPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Indigenous and Minority Placenames
Author: Ian D. ClarkPublisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1925021637
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This book showcases current research into Indigenous and minority placenames in Australia and internationally. Many of the chapters in this volume originated as papers at a Trends in Toponymy conference hosted by the University of Ballarat in 2007 that featured Australian and international speakers. The chapters in this volume provide insight into the quality of toponymic research that is being undertaken in Australia and in countries such as Canada, Finland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Norway. The research presented here draws on the disciplines of linguistics, geography, history, and anthropology. The book includes meticulous studies of placenames in central NSW and the Upper Hunter region; Gundungurra cave names; western Arnhem Land; Northern Cape York Peninsula and Mount Wheeler in Queensland; saltwater placenames around Mer in the Torres Strait; and the Kaurna in South Australia.
A Story of Stations
Author: Andrew WardPublisher:
ISBN: 9780987605443
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This is the story of the station buildings of the Victorian Railways, told for the first time as a comprehensive history. It begins in the 1850s when the colony's first railways were opened by privately owned companies and follows the colourful story of station building by the Department up to the turn of the twentieth century.
Echuca
Author: Susan PriestleyPublisher: [Brisbane] Jacaranda Press [1965]
ISBN:
Category : Echuca (Vic.)
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Brief references to natives and early contacts, quotes E.M. Curr in description & general life.