Karaak Flat

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 354.778km
Opened : 5 February 1913 (station), 1934 (loop)
Closed : 29 June 1965 
Status : Closed
Name meaning : An Aboriginal word meaning "spittle"
Notes : The 76.2 metre platform was on the Down side and aheld a timber station building with general and ladies waiting rooms and a store. The site had a goods siding which closed on 22/2/1965.

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Karaak Flat Station was to the left of the road bridge in a cutting. It opened in 1913 and closed in 1975 (Six Maps)

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Photographer: unknown
Date: early 1900s
Location: Karaak Flat, between Wingham and Mt George
Subject: Railway construction work

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November 1933, article on the loop construction

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26/05/1949 - fatality at Karaak Flat

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A view from NT-36, the Up "Grafton XPT"  at km.355.500, approaching the former site of Karaak Flat. 2-11-2011. (Graeme Kirkby)