As Once We Were - Sandy Flat, NSW
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S 29° 13.892 E 152° 00.492
56J E 403612 N 6765954
An information bay shelters a steel & perspex booklet which outlines an historical account of Sandy Flat.
Waymark Code: WMPAZC
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 07/31/2015
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The booklet was erected in October 2002 on the centenary of Australia's Federation. It is kept closed by a rubber handle & when opened it is like reading a book. There are historical photographs, newspaper clippings & first hand written accounts. Sandy Flat was a village in its earlier years with the Northern Railway stopping at a siding. Today it has a fire brigade & scattered farm houses with the railway long closed & lines removed.
The front page has an account & historical photographs of a train derailment near Sandy Flat which happened on May 2nd 1928 & this historical theme continues with each page.
Group that erected the marker: Tenterfield Southern Communities Historical Group
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Rural Fire Brigade Yard
Sandy Flat, NSW Australia
2372
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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