Victorian Goldfields Railway
1997
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| 1997 |
May - August |
New business plan developed, workshops conducted during period May - August.
Meetings and negotiations with Dept. Premier & Cabinet, Dept. Tourism, Mount
Alexander Shire Council, Council Engineer, Council Heritage Advisors. |
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| 1997 |
July |
CMRPS 1997 Annual General Meeting held at Northern Hotel, Castlemaine |
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| 1997 |
August |
Rotary Club of Castlemaine approves donation of
$11,600 for completion of restoration of Castlemaine Turntable. Work on
turntable held-over pending out come of Community Support Fund application for Castlemaine-Muckleford Restoration Project as this amount is incorporated in community input value. |
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| 1997 |
October |
Mount Alexander Shire Council pledges $210,000
support for Muckleford - Castlemaine restoration over three financial years
as its part of community input value for C.S.Fund application. |
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| 1997 |
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Castlemaine - CMRPS leases station building on island platform. |
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| 1997 |
October |
Application for $2m funding for Muckleford to Castlemaine Restoration Project submitted to Victorian Community Support Fund. |
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| 1997 |
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Trading name - VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS RAILWAY - registered and adopted for use in all marketing of the Castlemaine & Maldon Railway. |
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| 1997 |
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Castlemaine - Centre span of Steel bridge
over Pyrenees Highway, Castlemaine removed and transported to Muckleford
Station by VicRoads - pending (i) roadworks to lower carriageway under
bridge and (ii) repairs to span. |
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