Yilgarn Railway Act 1892 (WA)

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ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO QUINTO

VICTORIA, BEGINS

No. XII.

AN ACT to authorise the construction of a

Railway from Northam to Southern Cross.

[Assented to, Mat March, 48'92.]

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parlia- BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and

Preamble.

ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

1.     THIS Act may be cited as " The Yilgarn Railway Act, s hort Title.

1892."

2. IT shall be lawful to construct and maintain a Railway from A th t •

Northam to Southern Cross, with all necessary, proper, and usual selltot"Li„o:yo."-

works and conveniences in connection therewith, in the line and

upon the lands described in the Schedule to this Act.

55° VICTORliE, No. 12.

Yilgarn Railway—Northam to Southern Cross.

Deviation. 3. NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in " The Rail-

ways Act, 1878," it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Railways to deviate from the line as described in such Schedule to the extent of fifteen miles South or five miles North thereof.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent

to this Act.

ALEX. C. ONSLOW, Administrator.

SCHEDULE.

YILGARN RAILWAY—NORTHAM TO SOUTHERN CROSS.

DESCRIPTION OF LINE OF RAILWAY.

Commencing at the Northam Railway Station, on the Spencer's Brook to Northam Branch of the Eastern Railway ; thence North-Easterly for a distance of 1 mile or thereabouts ; thence South-Easterly for a distance of 60 chains or thereabouts ; thence North-Easterly for a distance of 50 chains or thereabouts; thence Easterly for a distance of 20 miles 20 chains or thereabouts, through the Meckering Agricultural Area; thence Easterly for a distance of 95 miles 60 chains or thereabouts, through or near the townsite of Burracoppin; thence Easterly for a distance of 44 miles 50 chains or thereabouts, terminating at, or near, a wooden post driven into the ground on the North-East side of a North- Westerly extension of Sirius Street in the townsite of Southern Cross. All in the Land District of Avon, as more particularly delineated by a red line on Map marked P.W.D., W.A., No. 1411, deposited at the Office of the Commis- sioner of Railways, Perth.

By Authority : RICHARD PETHER, Government Printer,Perth.