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September 1981, Volume 46, No. 3 MAIN ROADS JOURNALOF THE DEPARTMENT OF MAIN ROADS, NEWSOUTHWALES SEPTEMBER 1981. WLUME 46 No. 3 Ferries come go ISSN 0025-0597 and Soon after the First Fleet’s arrival at Sydney Cove, a search was corn made for suitable farming land and the district at the head of the Parramatta River was chosen. At this time the road linking the 67 A NEW BRIDGE FOR THE RICHMOND RIVER- hvo centms msat best a bush track and consequently river trans- WOODBURN port uan early favour. 69 ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO-THE FOUNDING OF In 1789, the 10 tonne Rose Hill Packet commencedplying its NEW ITALY trade between Sydney and Parramatta, powered by oar and sail. ~~ ~~ ~ On occasion. this vessel took more than a week to do the round 70 THE MOUNTAIN ROADS OF COX AND MITCHELL hip. its sluggish nature earning it the nickname “The Lump”. ~~ ~~ 71 GREAT WESTERN HIGHWAY-SOME CURRENT By the early 1830s steamships operated the route. yet their use- WRKS fulness was short lived. For by this stage, the road weshvard had 73 A NEW PAVEMENT FOR SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE been extended beyond the Blue Mountains (see article beginning on p. 70),and that portion between Sydney and Parramatta was 75 MINISTERIAL CHANGES FAREWELLS AND a well-established transport route for both passengers and pro- INTRODUCTIONS duce. 76 MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-AID FOR THE The crossing of the harbour at Sydney had also posed problems. DISABLED In 1817, a West Indian named Billy Blue was granted 32 ha. of 79 TRANSPORTNEEDSIN THE WOLLONGONG REGION land to the north of the harbour, an area known now as Blues Point. He established Sydney’s first feny setvice by row boat, 84 CITYTOSURF 1981 canying goods and passengers behueen the northem shore and 86 GElTlNGTHROUGH.. .ROADTUNNELSONNEW Millers Point. SOUTH WALES MAIN ROADS A double-ended paddlewheel steam punt named Wncess began 90 STATEMENTOF RECEIPTSAND PAYMENTS FORTHE a regular vehicle service in 1842 between Dawes Point and Blues YEAR ENDED30JUNE 1981 Point. This service ran at a loss and was withdrawn after 15 months. Hcuwer, other femes soon replaced her. 93 DEPARTMENTS NEW MINI-PAVER In the 1880s a number of road links to the northern shore were 94 TENDERSACCEPTED BY DEPARTMENTAND established, via the original Gladesville and Fig Tree Bridges. COUNCILS This new route, although making road transport easier, was still not an attractive alternative to the many ferries which now aossed the harbour in a fraction of the time. By 1890, Sydney harbour femes were canying he million pass- engers and almost 400,000 vehicles annually. Patronage in- creased and by 1928, the harbour ferries carried 46 million passengers annually. The rest, of course, is histoy. Feny patronage dwindled, for on 19 March 1932, the bridge Sydneysiders knew as the grandest in the world was opened, finally providing a direct road link to the north. Sydney Harbour Bridge will be celebrating its jubilee anniversay in 1982 and a special commemorative issue of Main Roads, con- taining the bridge’s amazing sto- will be published in March. Today the bridge cames, on average, about 160,oOO vehicles daily. This usage understandably takes its toll in wear and tear on the bridge’s pavement. The difficult task of resurfacing the bridge and its approaches is examined on p. 73 of this issue. At the Richmond River on New South Wales’ north coast, the recent completion of the 216m long bridge at Woodburn has Issued by the Commissioner for Main Roads. B. N. Loder. meant that yet another costly feny service is no longer needed. A brief histoy of the district and the ferry, together with details of Additional copies of this journal may be obtained from the Public the new bridge is included in an article beginning on p. 67. Relations Section, Department of Main Roads, 309 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Femes, like the earliest bush tracks, have played an important part in the development of our road system. Yet it is inevitable TVpeset by Dalley Middleton Moore Pty. Ltd. that the weaker links must be replaced. It is sadly their lot, it Printed by Blake and Hargreaves b. Ltd. seems, that femes come and go. 0 MAIN ROADS, SEPTEMBER 1981 ANNBRIDGE FORTHE RICHMOND RIVER Big Bridge for the Big Scrub The Richmond River was discovered in In 1979, the feny averaged 175 trips per from Hexham to Grafton, at which point 1828 by Heny Rouse, Commander of day and cost $70,000 to operate. The a steamer could take travellers down the H.M.S. Rainbow. Pastoral occupation feny is to be replaced by a bridge, a ckrence River to Hanuood, then another began around 1840, yet there was little sound decision both economically and coach to Woodburn, where the coach attempt at cultivation for the next twenty practically. The bridge. which is nearing route terminated. years. In contrast, the cedar industry, completion, will be opened to traffic in In 1925,when the Main Roads Board was which started there in 1842, soon em October 1981. It is of considerable eco- ployed more than 1,500 people. nomic importance to the local com- established, the main roads system was of a vey poor standard. About 430km, or The men and wmen worked hard in the munity, particularly to cane grown who seek to transport produce to the Bmad- less than half of the Pacific Highway be- "Big Saub, Wng to eke out their ling tween Sydney and the Queensland in an unknown land. The eucalypt forests water Mill by road. The new bridge will also establish a direct link for Lismore border, had a sealed surface. The rest around Woodburn and Lawrence were was dirt or gravel. felled to provide timber for railways, traffic joining with the Pacific Highy or wharves and bridges. Woodburn itself going to Evans Head. At this time, there were eleven crossings (originally known as Rock Mouth). was of watenvays by femes on the Pacific used as a depot for shipbuilding. The 150 The early roads tonne brigs Dart and Prince of Wales, In the 1880s. many of the roads in the which were built here, were among the area were just namtradts through the first vessels launched on the Richmond scrub-like vegetation. A coach route ran River. Even before the turn of the century, Woodburn was a busy travel centre. It was a depot for both coaches and river steamers. In 1878 the first government punt on the Richmond River was put into ophtion and in 1899 the first regular Woodbum ferry senrice started. The orig inal timber vessel, with its twin cylinder steam engine, was still in senrice when the Main Roads Board took it over in 1925. The old feny had a hard time of it when the Richmond River flooded, which was fairly often. On such occasions, not only did people have to move themselves and their belongings to safety, but liestock- particularly from the north of Woodburn -had to be femed across to the higher county in the south. This operation con tinued until rising floodwaters made the journey too dangerous. The feny was eventually replaced by a steel decked, diesel-powered model with a twelve-car capacity. MAIN ROADS, SEPTEMBER 1981 ’Ilaec picturesque dews of the new bridge ooer the Richmond Rimat .. .- , MAIN RnAnS SFPTFMRFR 1981 II ONE 11 HUNDRED YEARSAGO The New Itoly commun@ near Wood- burn had its gene& in most unusual circumstances, about one hundred years ago. It uma started by the sur- @rs of an expedition organked by the FmnChmMorpu* do hpto ct- tabllsh a colony in New Ireland, east of New Guinea. In 1879, agents of the Maquis visited the prouince of Venetio in Italy and pomlsed thirty hres of land In Newirelandtoanyonewhowouldpay 1800 fmncs. In July ISSO. a uessel carrying 200 men, women and chil. hnkft -Iona, Spain, reaching Port &eton, New Ireland, in actober. A number of passengers ded on the wynge, houing becorn Ill oftereating the rottingfood But heir new land was no better. Port Breton consisted of 4wo hastily edrhcdr 7hh new land was mlya iungkuwerod blond ohr- ing the new horrors of indignant natives. tropical diseases and little familiar food 77wy soon sent a deputation to the New South Wales Govemmenc and, after negotiations, were retrieued by the DLIYI James Patterson by order of the Premier, Henry Porkes. They reached Sydney In April, 1881 and wore occornmodated In the Agrlcul- tuml Hall in the Domain. About one year later, R. Camfntttr, a formerfrom the New Irelond expedition, went north to the Richmond Rluer and sekded a 16 ha block near Wood- bum. In IS?, eight more Italians selected smoll blocks in the ram am, and Highway north of Neuastle. and several ohen took up land in 1884 and 1885. more on smaller roads. The trip is far less ~~~~~~~,"mm~~ 7'he name New Italy cum into use in demanding today. All the rivers and bemln t,,.=~~m~.~a:r,,.=~m 1885. John Lang, a member of the streams on the highway, as well as the form. a -t mimi f~md pmoidaa Woodbum School Board, applied for rivers at Ashby and now at Woodburn, cleclmnce of 8.5 m ahMem Hgh Water 1 the establishment of a school in the have been bridged. e tldw. am and suggested the name New Italy. The bridge at Woodburn is a fine 27m spans. Overall width of the structure example of co-operation between Gov- is ll.lm, including an 8m wide car- 1 By 1899, forty-three famllies were ernments, Councils and private enter- liuing in the district Gmdually the next riageway and a footway 1.8m wide.
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