Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: STACKS ON

Historical information

The Maldon-Laanacoorie railway line was never completed so Shelbourne became to termination point of this line. The station and railway yards opened in 1891 ad were last used in 1969 after bushfires had destroyed bridges on the line.
The advertised St Patrick's Day race meeting was held on Saturday 18th March and a special train for patrons was run form Castlemaine, leaving at 1.15pm and returning at 7pm.

Physical description

Bendigo Advertiser '' the way we were'' from 2002. Stacks on: stacking wheat at Shelborne in 1916. The poster stuck to the engine is advertising the St Patrick's Day races at the Maldon racecourse on March 18, 1916. The clip is in a folder.

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