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Women commuters, one using a typewriter and another knitting, on The Fish, the train from Sydney to Mount Victoria 8 April 1943

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State Library of New South Wales
[ ON 388/Box 020/Item 040]
(Mitchell Library)

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PIX 8 May 1943 via Trove

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Railways

Trains

Commuting

Women

Main Western Line

Extension of the suburban western line from Sydney to western New South Wales, with the line running to Bourke in the far west via the Blue Mountains and Bathurst. Also known as the Great Western Railway, the first extension of the line from Parramatta to Blacktown was completed in 1860, and then from Blacktown to Penrith in 1863. The extension beyond Penrith began in 1867 and was completed at Bourke in 1885.

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Mount Victoria

Town on the western edge of the Blue Mountains. Its name was given by Surveyor-General Thomas Mitchell in 1832.

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Blue Mountains

Part of the Great Dividing Range west of Sydney, reaching a height of 1100 metres. In 1829 the name for the area used by the local Aboriginal people was recorded as being Colomatta .

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