Moreton Bay Tramway Company

The Moreton Bay Tramroad Company was a private enterprise attempt to establish railways in the new colony of Queensland. It was stillborn.

People

• Coote,
• Stephens,
• Buckley.

Land Grant Railway

It had been proposed to fund it as a Land Grant Railway.^[1]

Horse power

The tramway was intended to be operated by horses.^[2]

Gradients

The later railway along the route of the tramway has ruling gradients of 1 in 50. This might be rather steep for horse operation.

Nomenclature

The Tramway company is sometimes called a Tramroad.

Timeline

1859

• Queensland separated from New South Wales on 6 June 1859. Some very preliminary railway plans had been prepared by the New South Wales Government which were handed over to the new Queensland Government.

1860

• April – An early mention in a political platform of the need for railways or tramways in Queensland.^[3]
• April – An early mention of the constructing firm of Moreton, Peto and Brassey.^[4]
• November – An advertisement for the company's propectus in a Sydney newspaper.^[5]
• November – An advertisement for the company's prospectus in a Brisbane paper.^[6]

1862

• April – coal deposits reported next to the proposed route.^[7]
• 29 May – Tramway assets taken over by Government.^[8][9]

1863

• Insolvent Court^[10]
• 9 May – the Government Railways Bill repeals the Tramway Act, except for court actions already in action.^[11]
• 20 August – Railway Bill in parliament^[12]

1865

• 29 March 1865 – three large shareholder taken to Supreme Court for not paying calls on contributing shares.^[13]

The three are:

• Coote,
• Stephens,
• Buckley.

References

1. "Advertising.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
2. "Advertising.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
3. "Classified Advertising.". The Moreton Bay Courier. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 17 April 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
4. "COLONIAL PARLIAMENT.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 25 April 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
5. "SYDNEY NEWS.". The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser. NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 November 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
6. "Classified Advertising.". The Moreton Bay Courier. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 10 November 1860. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
7. "Advertising.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 5 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
8. "LATEST INTELLIGENCE.". North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser. Ipswich, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
9. "LATEST INTELLIGENCE.". North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser. Ipswich, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
10. "QUEENSLAND.". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 2 January 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
11. "THE GOVERNMENT RAILWAY BILL.". The Courier (Brisbane). Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 9 May 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
12. "THE RAILWAY BILL.". The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser. Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 20 August 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
13. "QUEENSLAND.". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 29 March 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2012.