Nooroo

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Type : Station
Distance from Sydney : 262.851km
Opened : Opened 5 February 1913
Closed : 29 June 1975
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "dark"
Notes : Opened with a 76.2 metre long timber platform. 28/6/1944 central interlocked 438 metre loop added. 1945 PBK type cottage for railway staff added. 1954 5 tonne gantry crane from Grafton transferred to site. 10/4/1963 closed as a crossing and train station. 13/9/66 platform truncated to 25.9 metres. 17/5/1984 residence demolished.

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Approval notice in 1912 for the construction of a platform at Nooroo. Dungog Chronicle 19/4/12

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Location of Nooroo station (Six Maps)

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23/06/1954 - Dungog Chronicle

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5377 on a goods from Taree to Broadmeadow in May 1969 at Nooroo. (copyright on image)

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Location of Nooroo (undated, uncredited)

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4473 Nooroo 14-02-1981 (Bob Richardson)