Barokee

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Type : Siding
Distance from Sydney : 219.977km
Opened : Opened 24 July 1924 as Martins Creek Metal Quarry, Renamed Barokee 1 January 1927, Renamed BHP By-products 28 November 1927
Closed : 20 September 1939
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "place of stone"
Notes : No platform existed at the site, a 90kl tank existed here and there are some indications that the base still exists.

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BAROKEE 219.977km/ 36.8m Opened as MARTIN CREEK METAL QUARRY 24.7.1924,
changed to BAROKEE 1.1.1927, to B.H.P. By-products 28.11.1927, closed
20.9.1939.
Line opened from Maitland to Dungog 14.8.1911, single track, construction contract
from Maitland to Dungog let to Carson, Cary & Simpson on 28.4.1908.
An Aboriginal word meaning 'Place of stone.'
No platform. A 90kl single tier tank on a concrete stand 635mm high was located at the
quarry. Opened with an Up side loop siding, this was truncated in 1934 to a deadend siding.

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Barokee location (Hi Res)