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Oberon railway station

Oberon railway station

Historic site in New South Wales, Australia

The Oberon railway station is a heritage-listed railway station and now museum located on the Oberon railway line in Oberon, in the Oberon Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The site is also known as the Oberon Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[2]

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Description

The complex comprises a type 12 pre-cast concrete station building, erected in 1923; a pre-cast concrete water closet, erected in 1923; timber platform faces, completed in 1923; and signs and artefacts, completed in 1923.[2]

Heritage listing

The Oberon railway station is a good example of a pre cast concrete building on a small timber faced platform that is an important part of the town of Oberon.[2]

The Oberon railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.[2]

The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as archaeologically rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "TO OBERON BY RAIL". Lithgow Mercury. New South Wales, Australia. 28 September 1923. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. [2]
    "Oberon Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01215. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

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This Wikipedia article was originally based on Oberon Railway Station group, entry number 01215 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.


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