Melbourne Mount Alexander And Murray River Railway Company
Description
Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsRailway companiesHistoryThe company was formed to build a railway linking Melbourne with the goldfields to the north and on the Murray River. It failed before laying any track although earthworks had commenced. The first meeting of the directors of the Company was held on the 2 April 1853 and the final one on 11 August 1856. The project was then taken over by the Victorian government.
Melbourne Mount Alexander And Murray River Railway Company. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 09/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/58454
