Difference between revisions of "Station: Westerway"

Latest revision as of 12:11, 22 September 2024

The Station was officially opened Dec 20th 1909.

Known as Russell originally, as well as the station building there was a Goods Shed, Engine Shed, Coal Shed, Wood Shed, Sheep yards and Station master's Residence.

Until 1919 Russell was the terminus of the line so there was a wye for the locomotives to turn around.

Stationmasters

1911	to		Jones
c.1914	to	1916	Herbert Charles Howell	From obituary 1944
1929		1931	Mr.Jos. Brain
	to	1934	P.J.Cowie	Last six years?
1934	to	1938	Rowland Marcellus Hill	Staff Record
1943			Mr.Arthur White	Funeral notice 1943 (Trove)
11.10.1943	to	10.12.1944	Henry George Betts	Staff Record
13.05.1945	to	1947	Victor George Salter	Staff Record
1948	to	1949	Milton Roy Wicks	Illegal bookmaking (trial 1949)
1949			Les Mauser	Relieving Station Master (Trove)
1967	to	1969	Alfie McLean	[Facebook: Stations of Tasmania]
		1976	Myrna Williams	TasArchives

Porters

28.04.1918	to	01.08.1919	Victor George Salter	(Russell) Learner Messenger	Staff Record
01.08.1919	to	21.07.1920	Victor George Salter	Lad Porter	Staff Record
16.03.1921	to	10.12.1921	Alfred Bruce Brown	Porter
17.03.1923	to	17.05.1923	Victor George Salter	Lad Porter	Staff Record
18.09.1924	to	22.10.1926	Victor George Salter	Porter	Staff Record
03.05.1931	to	10.09.1933	Victor George Salter	Porter	Staff Record
24.12.1936	to	05.07.1937	Grattan William Ernest Fogarty	Lad Porter	Staff Record

Other Names

From 1909 to 1919 was known as "RUSSELL"

Staff Tickets

Up	to	Macquarie Plains

Photos

Plans and Drawings

		1935
		1913

Passengers at different times:

Farmers from further up the valley towards Ellendale

Hop-pickers

Timbersplitters

Possum trappers

Woodsmen

Bushwalkers

Adamsfield prospectors

Geologists

Track Builders

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 |[[Person: Rowland Marcellus Hill|<u>Rowland Marcellus Hill</u>]]
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+|Staff Record
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 |Funeral notice 1943 (Trove)
 |-
-|1945
+|11.10.1943
+|to
+|10.12.1944
+|Henry George Betts
+|Staff Record
+|-
+|13.05.1945
 |to
 |1947
-|Victor George Salter
+|[[Victor George Salter|<u>Victor George Salter</u>]]
-|
+|Staff Record
 |-
 |1948
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 |Myrna Williams
 |TasArchives
+|}
+=== Porters ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|28.04.1918
+|to
+|01.08.1919
+|[[Victor George Salter|<u>Victor George Salter</u>]]
+|(Russell) Learner Messenger
+|Staff Record
+|-
+|01.08.1919
+|to
+|21.07.1920
+|[[Victor George Salter|<u>Victor George Salter</u>]]
+|Lad Porter
+|Staff Record
+|-
+|16.03.1921
+|to
+|10.12.1921
+|Alfred Bruce Brown
+|Porter
+|
+|-
+|17.03.1923
+|to
+|17.05.1923
+|[[Victor George Salter|<u>Victor George Salter</u>]]
+|Lad Porter
+|Staff Record
+|-
+|18.09.1924
+|to
+|22.10.1926
+|[[Victor George Salter|<u>Victor George Salter</u>]]
+|Porter
+|Staff Record
+|-
+|03.05.1931
+|to
+|10.09.1933
+|[[Victor George Salter|<u>Victor George Salter</u>]]
+|Porter
+|Staff Record
+|-
+|24.12.1936
+|to
+|05.07.1937
+|Grattan William Ernest Fogarty
+|Lad Porter
+|Staff Record
 |}