Kareela railway station

Coordinates: 34°40′09″S 150°13′33″E / 34.6692°S 150.2258°E / -34.6692; 150.2258
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Kareela
Services
Preceding station Former Services Following station
Penrose
towards Albury
Main Southern Line Bundanoon
towards Sydney

Kareela was a short-lived railway station on the Main South railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It opened in 1889, 169 km south of Sydney, originally as Wollondilly, was renamed Kareela in 1891, and closed in 1915.[1] The closure was as a result of the duplication of the railway line that opened in September 1915.[2][3]

There was a post office nearby, also known as, Kareela, which closed in 1916, as a result of the earlier station closure.[4] Penrose Public School was known as Kareela, from 1891 to 1922.[5] Referring to the surrounding area as Kareela continued into the 1920s,[6][7] but became uncommon after 1925.[8][9] Penrose Road was called Kareela Road until 1982.[10] The parallel road, which runs along the northern side of the railway line, is now known as Kareela Road, but the former locality is now either part of Penrose or Bundanoon.[11][12]

The name has been applied to a suburb in Sydney, Kareela, since 1968.[13][14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kareela station, NSWrail.net. Accessed 9 August 2009.
  2. ^ "STATE RAILWAYS". Farmer and Settler. 4 June 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ^ "PLACE NAMES". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 January 1937. p. 13. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  4. ^ "KAREELA POST-OFFICE". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 23 May 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Kareela (1)". nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  6. ^ "FRUITGROWERS CO-OPERATE". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 13 January 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  7. ^ "THE FRUITGROWER". Daily Telegraph (Sydney). 11 November 1927. p. 23. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  8. ^ "ALTERATION IN THE NAMES OF POLLING PLACES". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. 3 September 1925. p. 1380. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  9. ^ "PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT, 1912, AS AMENDED BY SUBSEQUENT ACTS". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 13 May 1927. p. 2332. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  10. ^ "WINGECARRIBEE SHIRE COUNCIL.—Local Government Act, 1919.—NAMING AND RENAMING OF ROADS.—Notice is". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 14 May 1982. p. 2169. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Penrose · New South Wales 2579, Australia". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Bundanoon · New South Wales 2578, Australia". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  13. ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 3 November 1967. p. 4073. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  14. ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8

34°40′09″S 150°13′33″E / 34.6692°S 150.2258°E / -34.6692; 150.2258