Moreton Bay Tramway Company
The Moreton Bay Tramroad Company was a private enterprise attempt to establish railways in the new colony of Queensland. It was stillborn.
People
- Coote,
- Stephens,
- Buckley.
Land Grant Railway
It had been proposed to fund it as a Land Grant Railway.[1]
Horse power
The tramway was intended to be operated by horses.[2]
Gradients
The later railway along the route of the tramway has ruling gradients of 1 in 50. This might be rather steep for horse operation.
Nomenclature
The Tramway company is sometimes called a Tramroad.
Timeline
1859
- Queensland separated from New South Wales on 6 June 1859. Some very preliminary railway plans had been prepared by the New South Wales Government which were handed over to the new Queensland Government.
1860
- April – An early mention in a political platform of the need for railways or tramways in Queensland.[3]
- April – An early mention of the constructing firm of Moreton, Peto and Brassey.[4]
- November – An advertisement for the company's propectus in a Sydney newspaper.[5]
- November – An advertisement for the company's prospectus in a Brisbane paper.[6]
1861
1862
- April – coal deposits reported next to the proposed route.[7]
- 29 May – Tramway assets taken over by Government.[8][9]
1863
- Insolvent Court[10]
- 9 May – the Government Railways Bill repeals the Tramway Act, except for court actions already in action.[11]
- 20 August – Railway Bill in parliament[12]
1865
- 29 March 1865 – three large shareholder taken to Supreme Court for not paying calls on contributing shares.[13]
The three are:
- Coote,
- Stephens,
- Buckley.
References
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Classified Advertising". The Moreton Bay Courier. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 17 April 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "COLONIAL PARLIAMENT". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 25 April 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "SYDNEY NEWS". The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser. NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 November 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Classified Advertising". The Moreton Bay Courier. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 10 November 1860. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 5 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "LATEST INTELLIGENCE". North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser. Ipswich, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "LATEST INTELLIGENCE". North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser. Ipswich, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "QUEENSLAND". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 2 January 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "THE GOVERNMENT RAILWAY BILL". The Courier (Brisbane). Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 9 May 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "THE RAILWAY BILL". The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser. Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 20 August 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ "QUEENSLAND". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 29 March 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
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