Emerald railway station, Queensland Emerald railway station, Queensland Emerald railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Central Western railway line at Clermont Street (Capricorn Highway/Gregory Highway), Emerald, Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. The building design was signed by Henrik Hansen was built in 1900 by Thomas Moir. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. Emerald station is served by Traveltrain's "Spirit of the Outback". The Central Western railway was extended from Comet to Emerald on 19 May 1879. Emerald was chosen as a point for branch lines to Clermont (1884) and Springsure (1887) to save building separate
Flora Stone Mather in the work. Much of her philanthropy was directed to educational institutions like Adelbert College, Western Reserve University’s College for Women, Hathaway Brown School and Lakeside Hospital School of Nursing, which was named in her honor. Her sister, Clara Stone Hay, was married to the wealthy statesman John Hay. Together, Flora and Clara continued their parents’ tradition of civic generosity, earning their own recognition as prominent philanthropists. Flora Mather’s most enduring philanthropic legacy is woven deeply into Case Western Reserve University’s past and present. Her family was among the university’s earliest benefactors. Amasa Stone, her father, was instrumental in moving