Oberon railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in New South Wales, Australia}}

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| caption = Oberon railway station in July 2014

| address = Scotia Avenue, Oberon

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| country = Australia

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| operator = Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway

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| opened = {{Start date|1923|10|03|df=y}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219593539 |title=TO OBERON BY RAIL |newspaper=Lithgow Mercury |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 September 1923 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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| location = Oberon railway line, Oberon, Oberon Shire, New South Wales, Australia

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| designation1 = New South Wales State Heritage Register

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| designation1_date = 2 April 1999

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The Oberon railway station is a heritage-listed railway station and now museum located on the Oberon railway line in Oberon, in the Oberon Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The site is also known as the Oberon Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.{{Cite NSW SHR|5012125|Oberon Railway Station group|hr=01215|fn=EF14/5085;Oberon PHSB s90/6364}}

Description

The complex comprises a type 12 pre-cast concrete station building, erected in 1923; a pre-cast concrete water closet, erected in 1923; timber platform faces, completed in 1923; and signs and artefacts, completed in 1923.

Heritage listing

The Oberon railway station is a good example of a pre cast concrete building on a small timber faced platform that is an important part of the town of Oberon.

The Oberon railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as archaeologically rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.

References

= Bibliography =

{{Cite web|author=|date=2007|title=Oberon Railway Station Group|url=http://www.visitnsw.com.au/Operator.aspx?ProductId=9019534}}
{{Cite web|author=Attraction Homepage|date=2007|title=Oberon Railway Station group|url=http://www.oberonweb.com.au/things_oberon_museum.asp}}

= Attribution =

{{NSW-SHR-CC|name=Oberon Railway Station group|dno=5012125|id=01215|year=2018|accessdate=2 June 2018}}

Category:Railway stations in Australia opened in 1923

Category:Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register

Category:Disused regional railway stations in New South Wales

Category:Museums in New South Wales

Category:Oberon Council

Category:New South Wales State Heritage Register