Etheridge Railway
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Bridge through the Newcastle Range on the Etheridge railway line, 2008
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| Location | Between Mount Surprise and Forsayth, both in the Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 18°23′01″S 143°57′47″E / 18.3836°S 143.9631°ECoordinates: 18°23′01″S 143°57′47″E / 18.3836°S 143.9631°E |
| Official name: Etheridge Railway | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 16 February 2009 |
| Reference no. | 601637 |
| Significant period | 1907-1910 (fabric) 1907-1995 (historical use) |
 Location of Etheridge railway line in Queensland
Location of Etheridge railway line in Queensland
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Etheridge railway line is a heritage-listed railway line between Mount Surprise and Forsayth, both in the Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia. It includes Mount Surprise railway station, Einasleigh railway station, Wirra Wirra railway station and Forsayth railway station. Etheridge railway line was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 16 February 2009.
The Etheridge Railway line, which branches off the Mareeba-to-Chillagoe railway at Almaden and heads south for 142 miles (229.5 km) to Forsayth via Mount Surprise and Einasleigh, was built between 1907 and 1910 by the Chillagoe Railway and Mining Company as a private railway line. The same company constructed the railway line from Mareeba to Chillagoe and Mungana between 1898 and 1901. The Etheridge line was built cheaply, with lighter rails and fewer earthworks than the Chillagoe line, to supply ore to the Chillagoe Company's under-utilised Chillagoe smelters. The Chillagoe Company was part of the business empire of John Moffat, and between 1880 and 1914 much of the economic activity of North Queensland was driven by the railways and mining towns created by Moffat's enterprises. The remaining built infrastructure at stations along the Etheridge Railway provides examples of the type of buildings erected by the Chillagoe Company for its railway network.
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