Queensland timber tramways - select bibliography

Items on Queensland timber tramways published in Light Railways Nos 52 to 197

Description of article

Article name

Author

Publication No. and Page No.

Available?

Article on a never-completed timber tramway in the Brisbane Valley

Pidna: An aborted Queensland logging tramway

Kerr, John
Kerr, Ruth

LR197, 5

Yes

Report of archaeological survey of sawmill site and tramway

Mill Point Sawmill site

Evans, Peter

LR184, 27

Yes

Illustrated article on the Charters Towers Water Board firewood tramway

The Charters Towers Water Board Tramway

Knowles, John

LR173, 3

Yes

Follow-up letters to above

Evelyn Scrub Horse Tram (LR 160)

Browning, John
McLean, Dennis

LR162, 24

Yes

Letter regarding the Evelyn Scrub Horse Tram

Evelyn Scrub Horse Tram

McLean, Dennis

LR160, 25

Yes

Follow up letter to above

Charters Towers Water Board Tramway

Knowles, John

LR153, 25

Yes

Report of a visit to the site of the tramway in 1993

Charters Towers Water Board Firewood Tramway

Lukey, Peter

LR148, 26

Yes

Letter regarding The Charters Towers Water Board firewood tramway

An Aveling & Porter locomotive at Charters Towers

Knowles, John

LR146, 23

Yes

Letter regarding locomotives used on the Neranwood tramway

Lily, Mona, and Koumala

Browning, John

LR146, 23

Yes

Brief article on a tramway which operated near Tewantin in the late 1870s.

The Cootharaba Tramway

Morgan , Robert K.

LR 52, 198

Yes

Follow up article on the Cootharaba Tramway, including map and photo­graphs of remains in 1971.

More on Cootharaba

Kerr, J.D. & R.S.

LR 55, 11

Yes

Detailed illustrated article on 3 ft 6 in gauge steam operated tramway which operated at Canungra from 1903 to 1933.

Lahey's Canungra Tramway

Morgan, Robert, K

LR 54, 3

See note below

Follow-up item re Climax locomotive used on Lahey's tramway.

Lahey's Canungra Tramway

Pearce, W.A.

LR 56, 22

Yes

Follow-up item re last years of operation of Lahey's tramway.

Lahey's Canungra Tramway

Knowles, J.

LR 56, 22

Yes

Follow up item re track layout of Lahey's tramway at Canungra ralway station.

Lahey's Canungra Tramway

Armstrong, John

LR 57, 20

Yes

Follow-up item re log trucks used on Lahey's Tramway.

Lahey's Canungra Tramway

Dunn, R

LR 73, 20

Yes

Photograph of Lahey's tramway.

Lahey's Canungra Tramway

LR 75, 72

No

Photograph of excursion train on Lahey's tramway.

Lahey's Canungra Tramway

LR 114, 1& 22

Yes

Description of a horse and steam operated tramway which operated near Maryborough in the 1870s.

The Mill at Mungarr

Morgan, Robert K.

LR 56, 17

Yes

Detailed history of the Mungar (Mungarr) timber tramway of the 1870s, including maps and photo­graphs.

The Mungar Timber Tramway

Kerr, John

LR 104, 3

Yes

A detailed history of a steam operated 2 ft 6 in gauge tramway which oper­ated north-east of Toowoomba.

Munro's Hampton Tramway

Morgan, Robert K.

LR 61, 3

Yes

Follow-up letters regarding Munro's tramway, relating to locomotives and opening ceremony.

Munro's Hampton Tramway

Kerr, J.D Simpson, P. McCarthy, K.

LR 63, 20

Yes

Follow-up to article in LR61 with additional information

Munro's Hampton Tramway

Morgan, Robert K.

LR 64, p.31

Yes

Follow-up letter regarding Munro's tramway, relating to Hampton track diagram

Munro's Hampton Tramway

Behan, D

LR 114, 22

Yes

Article describing William Pettigrew's steam operated tramway at Tin Can Bay near Maryborough, which operated in the 1870s.

Pettigrew's Tin Can Bay Tramway

Morgan, Robert K.

LR 57, 8

Yes

Photograph of steam hauled log train on Fraser Island.

Logging Train on Fraser Island

LR 72, 1

Yes

Photograph of steam hauled log train on Fraser Island.

Logging Train on Fraser Island

LR 75, 72

No

Extracts from a report on a visit to Mackenzie's timber tramway on Fraser Island in 1920.

From the Archives: Mackenzie's Fraser Island Tramway

McNeil, Ian

LR 104, 11

Yes

Photograph of light tramway at a sawmill.

Yungaburra Sawmill

Smith, R.B.

LR 88, 22

As pdf

Brief item describing a seven mile 2 ft gauge tram­way from Neranwood to Mudgereeba, which had two steam locomotives.

Koumala

Mewes, David

LR 108, 27

Yes

Note: Light Railways No.54 was a special edition devoted solely to "Laheys' Canungra Tramway". It has been republished in a revised and enlarged form as the booklet Laheys' Canungra Tramway, published by the LRRSA. It is still available.




Other references to Queensland timber tramways

Pearson, Les, Timber Tramways on the Atherton Tablelands,published by the author, c. 1985.

Joe's Book ... facts and theories on the Bunya Mountains, Published and distributed by Joe Walker, Bell, Queensland. First reprint July 1978 ISBN 95615 0 8

Laheys' Canungra Tramway by Robert K. Morgan, Revised by Frank Stamford, published by Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc.