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From: Wendy Thomas <>
Subject: Re: Overland- Sydney to Maitland-1855.
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 05:25:27 +1000
In-Reply-To: <BF586732.229C%carell@bigpond.com.au>


Hi Carole and All,

I¹m interested in this information too, so would appreciate it if it could
be posted to the list.

Thank you,

Wendy

On 22/9/05 1:50 PM, "carell" <> wrote:

>
> I am trying to find conditions of travel and the time it would have taken
> to travel overland (on the Great North Road?) from Sydney to Maitland in
> 1855/56.
> Why would newly arrived immigrants have taken this route in preference to
> a eight/ten hour trip by boat?
> I have Googled without success for this information, so any information or
> direction would be appreciated.
> TIA,
> Carole.
>



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