The Sydney Morning Herald - 26 February 1887
Queanbeyan Age - 3 August 1889
National Library of Australia (here)
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
MOLONGLO PLAINS ROAD
The provision of capital infrastructure, such as roads, in the late 19th century southern districts of New South Wales were established by State need more-so than to make the transport needs of regional people easier. These following newspaper clippings begin with the townspeople of nearby Hoskinstown, Bungendore and Captain's Flat calling for the re-opening of their road across the Molonglo Plains that was blocked by a squatter. They were at first denied...
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