New South Wales timber tramways - select bibliography

Timber tramways in New South Wales

By: Jim Longworth, April 2000 This is a list of known references to timber tramways in NSW. Many more are rumoured or thought to have existed. Readers are cordially invited to add to the list so that it may be as useful as possible.

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Items on New South Wales timber tramways published in Light Railways Nos 63 to 197

Description of article	Article name	Author	Publication No. and Page No.	Available?
Report of a field exploration of the remnants of the Termeil-Bawley Point horse-drawn logging tramway	Bawley Point-Termeil Logging Tramway	Bevage, Ian	LR 192, 25	Yes
Article on Croll’s timber tramway at Myall Lake	Alexander Croll’s Timber Tramway: Myall Lake	Longworth, Jim	LR 182, 7	Yes
Research item regarding location of incline on timber tramway	Carson’s Timber Tramway, Olney State Forest (LR 98)	Longworth, Jim	LR 180, 26	Yes
Research item requesting information on Croll’s timber tramway	Croll’s Timber Tramway, Mayers Point, NSW	Longworth, Jim McNeil, Ian	LR 167, 26	Yes
Article on Hudson Brother’s timber tramways in the Myall Lakes region of New South Wales	Hudson Brother’s timber tramways between Tarbuck Brush and Narani	Longworth, Jim	LR 155, 5	Yes
Letter regarding South Coast Timber Trams article in LR 128	South Coast Timber Trams (LR 128)	Field, G	LR 154, 24	Yes
Illustrated article on timber tramways between Ulladulla and the Victorian border.	An Introduction to the Timber Tramways of the New South Wales Far South Coast – Part 2	Longworth, Jim	LR 151, 5	Yes
Brief reference to remains of a logging tramway on south coast.	Kioloa Logging Tramway	Bromage, David	LR 145, 26	Yes
Follow up item on above.	Kioloa Logging Tramway	Harvey, Colin	LR 146, 25	Yes
Detailed illustrated article on 4 ft 8-1/2 in gauge horse operated wooden-rail tramway which operated near Buladelah between 1908 & 1918.	The Markwell Timber Tramway	McNeil, Ian	LR 132, 3	Yes
Operations on a standard gauge timber tramway, which operated at Kendall, on the north coast 430 km from Sydney. A B class Climax locomotive was used.	Longworth's Logging Line An Operational History	Cooper, Ray	LR 131, 11	Yes
Follow-up on above article with map and photographs of remains.	Longworth's Logging Line	Mottram, David	LR133, 21	Yes
Detailed article on several steam and horse hauled timber tramways which operated around Buladelah north of Sydney in the first decades of the 20th century.	Timber from Purgatory	McNeill, Ian	LR 129, 6	Yes
Brief introduction to timber tramways between Nowra and Ulladulla	An introduction to the timber tramways on the New South Wales far south coast	Longworth, Jim	LR 128, 10	Yes
Description of a small timber tramway east of Windsor, north of Sydney.	Tommy's Gully Timber Tramway	Longworth, Jim	LR 127, 13	Yes
Description of a logging branch tramway built by Millars Timber & Trading Co. It is a report of a field expedition and follows on from the article in LR 113.	Harriett Creek Logging Branchline, Simsville.	McNeill, Ian	LR127, 16	Yes
A History of the Timber Industry at Simsville, in the Myall State Forest, north of Newcastle.	Simsville and the Jarrah Mill.	McNeill, Ian J.	LR113, 1	Yes
Edited reprint of an article which appeared in a railway & tramway workers' journal of 20 June 1924, describing a journey on Longworth's timber tramway at Kendall on the North Coas railway. It used a B class Climax locomotive.	Longworth's Tramway, Kendall t	Dewey, C F	LR112, 27	Yes
Description of a series of timber tramways on the Dorrigo Plateau, about 70 km east of Coffs Harbour. Includes Bellinger Timber Co Brooklana Timber Co., The Briggsvale Tramway, The Cascade Tramway, and the Timmsvale Tramway.	Logging Tramways of Dorrigo Plateau .	McNeil Ian	LR100, 3	As pdf
Describes timber operations about 20 km north-west of Wyong, including an incline tramway.	Carson's Timber Operations in the Olney State Forest	Holmes, Laurie & Ritter, John	LR98, 17	Yes
Describes the making of a feature film in the 1930s on location at Simsville in which "B" class Climax loco appeared.	Making the film Tall Timbers	Burke, David & Hall, Ken.	LR75,54	As pdf
Langley Bros, Langley Vale - photos of "A" class Climax loco	Photo Section		LR75, 71	As pdf
Longworth Limited, Kendall - photo of "B" class Climax loco	Photo Section		LR75, 70	As pdf
Includes photographs of steam locomotives on Coffs Harbour Timber Company tramway at Boambee.	Coffs Harbour Discoveries	Kramer, John	LR74, 35	Yes
Brief article on Allen Taylor"s tramway at Mayers Point, near Buladelah. The tramway used two Climax locomotives, and two conventional steam locomotives.	Mayers Point Tramway	Burke, David	LR70, 15	Yes
Follow up items on the above article, including photographs	Mayers Point Tramway	Kramer, John Wright,Harry Buckland, John	LR72, 21 LR74, 44 LR74, 44	Yes Yes Yes
Description of timber tramway in Roseberry State Forest, north-west of Kyogle and just south of the Queensland border.	Levers Tramway, Long Creek	Rutley, Graham	LR63, 9	Yes
Follow up item on above - very good photograph of rail tractor hauling log.	Levers Tramway,		LR64, 10	Yes

Other References to New South Wales Timber Tramways

Details of other published references to timber tramways in New South Wales would be appreciated.

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