Subject: Re: boundaries and roads in Australia
Date: Apr 12, 2002 @ 02:14
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Brendan Whyte" <b.whyte@p...> wrote:
> You can of course read in excruciating depth about Tin Bigha in my
thesis. I
> even have maps of it.
>
> In the Melbourne paper The Age yesterday were 100 interesting facts
of
> motoring history, including of interest to boundaryfreaks:
>
> 84. Sydney-Melbourne [ie NSW/Victoria] rivalry may have beguin in
1861 when
> Victorians constructed a bridge over the Murray at Echuca, luring
Riverina
> trade to Victoria.
> 86. When the Murray River was bridged at Echuca in 1878 by a rail
bridge, it
> was stormed on opening day by local residents who forced it to be
open to
> all traffic.
> 98. In 1904 South Australia set a general speed limit of 25kmh,
although
> councils could raise the level to 30kmh, which meant different
speed limits
> could apply on either side of the same road.
>
> BW
>
>
>
>
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