Port Melbourne railway line Port Melbourne railway line The Port Melbourne railway line is a former railway line in Melbourne, Australia. The line was the first significant railway in Australia, and was opened by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company, to carry passengers arriving in Victoria at Station Pier, and to alleviate the high cost of shipping goods using small vessels up the Yarra River to Melbourne. Work began on laying the railway in March 1853, under the supervision of the company's Engineer-in-Chief James Moore. Trains were ordered from Robert Stephenson and Company, of the United Kingdom, but the first train was locally
Hunter River (Western Australia) Hunter River (Western Australia) The Hunter River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise below Donkins Hill. The river flows in a south-westerly direction until it discharges into Prince Frederick Harbour then York Sound and the Indian Ocean. The river was named in 1820 by the explorer Philip Parker King aboard the while making charts in the area. The river was named after the surgeon on the "Mermaid", James Hunter. The river has two spectacular waterfalls, the Hunter Falls and Donkin Falls, both of which drop . Also a large and