A001590 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-09-24 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001590b.htm corporateBody Commonwealth Railways AACR2 Start Place Australia Rail industry Commonwealth Railways was an Australian Government organization established to run the trains on the Trans Australian line between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie in 1917. The company expanded over the years and also eventually took over the operation of the lines to Alice Springs (Central Australia Railway) and Darwin (North Australia Railway). Commonwealth Railways merged with the South Australian Railways in 1975 to become Australian National Railways, later known as Australian Railways.

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 'Commonwealth Railways', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Commonwealth Railways Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000