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Trams and other vehicles on East Street, Rockhampton, 1923

Rockhampton Council Tramways was a steam tram service which was operated by Rockhampton City Council from 1909 until 1939 in the city of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton was the only regional city in the state of Queensland to have had a tram service. The line has since been rebuilt and is operated as a tourist attraction by the Archer Park Rail Museum.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Nicholson, Judy; Rocky's Puffing Billies: A History of the Rockhampton Steam Trams, printed by Capcopy, 1988. ISBN 0-7316-2365-7 Accessed 31 March 2018.
  2. ^ Looking back on city council's tram service: thirty years of mixed fortune, The Morning Bulletin, 1 July 1939. Retrieved from National Library of Australia 31 March 2018.
  3. ^ All aboard the ghost of trams past, The Morning Bulletin, 9 June 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

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