Nambucca Heads

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 564.390km
Opened : 3 December 1923 as Nambucca Heads, renamed Nambucca October 1925, renamed Nambucca Heads 21 June 1964
Closed : n/a
Status : In use
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "crooked river"
Notes : The Up slab concrete platform was 198 metres long on opening and was reduced to 76.2 metres by 1932. Original station building was timber, this was replaced in 1945 with a brick building consisting of a men's toilet, out-of room, SM's office and general and ladies waiting rooms. A 304mm bore column sited at each end of the platform provided water pumped from the nearby Deep Crek. The station is approximately 5km from the town it serves. 9/1/1934 - central interlocked loop installed. 28/1/1945 - station destroyed by fire and replaced with existing brick building. 22/4/1945 - ash pit installed at Up end of the platform. 25/9/1984 - water tower demolished. Nambucca has a 1943 metre crossing loop and a 100 metre dead end siding facing the Down side of the loop.

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Nambucca Heads, September 1982 (Greg Lee)

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Nambucca Heads 1982 (Greg Lee)

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This is the pump that supplied water to nearby Nambucca station and located on Deep creek. It was restored by Barry Pade. the reservoir still exists and supplies water to property owners that have bought the original pade farm. my photos from the rusty iron rally 2013..maybe (David Day)

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Nambucca Heads Station - opened under that name iin 1923, renamed to Nambucca in 1925 and back to Nambucca Heads in 1964. The station is still in use. (NSW Heritage)

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Railway construction. The placing of the last rail in position on the Kempsey - Grafton section of the North Coast Railway Line, at the Deep Creek Railway Bridge - Nambucca, NSW (SLNSW)

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Nambucca Heads (?) in 1919 with railway construction crew (Nambucca and Bellinger News, 4/7/1919)

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3813 farewell tour, 1973 at Nambucca Heads (Peter Hillsmith)

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Location of Nambucca Heads station (Six Maps)

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Nambucca Heads, 1980 (Anthony McLaughlin)

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Nambucca September 2021 (Jeremy Williams)

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4002 heading up a passenger train at Nambucca Heads (undated) (State Archives)

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Nambucca Heads, 1973 (Peter Jones) (3813 farewell tour)

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Nambucca Heads station gardening award, 1988 (Nambucca Museum)

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Nambucca wriiten on the back (hopefully accurately). 4535 on a freight (another Kodak Brownie shot), also late 60s, early 70s. (Ken Oates)