Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://wikidata.dbpedia.org/resource/Q5529868> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 24 of
24
with 100 triples per page.
- Q5529868 subject Q8113320.
- Q5529868 subject Q8370593.
- Q5529868 abstract "The Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company was a railway company in Victoria, Australia. Alexander Thomson, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, introduced and mentored a bill to incorporate the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company, which was passed in February 1853. Thomson was one of the directors and presided at the first shareholder meeting.Work began at the Geelong end in 1854 but progress was slow due to a labour shortage caused by the Victorian gold rush, so the Victorian government hired out 100 prisoners to the company at a daily rate of five shillings each. They were housed in prison hulks moored in Corio Bay.English engineer and surveyor Edward Snell undertook the survey and design of the line, including a station and extensive workshops at Geelong, and a number of bluestone and timber bridges.On 25 June 1857 the company opened its railway line from Geelong to a temporary terminus called Greenwich, on the Yarra River at Newport, where passengers were obliged to transfer to a steamer for connection to Melbourne. In 1859 train services were extended through from Newport to Spencer Street Station after the Victorian Railways opened the Williamstown railway. However, the company continued to operate at a loss, and in June 1860 was sold to the Government of Victoria for £800,000. The Geelong-Melbourne railway then became part of the network operated by the Victorian Railways.".
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q1132941.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q1162114.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q1337691.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q14935251.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q16063402.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q2096366.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q231765.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q325173.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q3397374.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q3610803.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q36687.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q408.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q5589335.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q695081.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q801455.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q8021313.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q8113320.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q8370593.
- Q5529868 wikiPageWikiLink Q9302011.
- Q5529868 comment "The Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company was a railway company in Victoria, Australia. Alexander Thomson, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, introduced and mentored a bill to incorporate the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company, which was passed in February 1853.".
- Q5529868 label "Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company".