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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.

* [[Abraham Fitzgibbon]] engineer, who was assistant to [[William Doyne]] on the [[Dun Mountain Railway|Dun Mountain Tramway]] in [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]], [[New Zealand]].

== Land Grant Railway ==

It had been proposed to fund it as a [[Land Grant#Land Grant Railways|Land Grant Railway]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5713203 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=11 April 1862 |access-date=4 September 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

== Horse power ==

The tramway was intended to be operated by [[Horsecar|horses]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5713203 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=11 April 1862 |access-date=4 September 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

== Characteristics ==

* <ref> {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3167740 |title=The Courier. |newspaper=[[The Courier (Brisbane)]] |volume=XVIII |issue=1826 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=31 December 1863 |access-date=30 March 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>

=== 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, unless unloaded in uphill direction.

=== Rails ===

The line was originally to use {{convert|35|lb/yd|kg/m}} rail.

== Nomenclature ==

The Tramway company is sometimes called a Tramroad.

== Timeline ==

=== 1859 ===

* [[separation of Queensland|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]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3718662 |title=Classified Advertising. |newspaper=[[The Moreton Bay Courier]] |location=Brisbane |date=17 April 1860 |access-date=5 September 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* April – An early mention of the constructing firm of Moreton, Peto and Brassey.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13039775 |title=Colonial Parliament. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=25 April 1860 |access-date=5 September 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* November – An advertisement for the company's prospectus in a Sydney newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18678944 |title=Sydney News. |newspaper=[[The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser]] |location=NSW |date=8 November 1860 |access-date=6 September 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* November – An advertisement for the company's prospectus in a Brisbane paper.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3725738 |title=Classified Advertising. |newspaper=[[The Moreton Bay Courier]] |location=Brisbane |date=10 November 1860 |access-date=6 September 2012 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

=== 1861 ===

=== 1862 ===

* April – coal deposits reported next to the proposed route.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5712880 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=5 April 1862 |access-date=5 September 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* 29 May – Tramway assets taken over by Government.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77290928 |title=Latest Intelligence. |newspaper=[[North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser]] |location=Ipswich, Qld. |date=29 May 1862 |access-date=4 September 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77290928 |title=Latest Intelligence. |newspaper=[[North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser]] |location=Ipswich, Qld. |date=29 May 1862 |access-date=7 September 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

=== 1863 ===

* Insolvent Court<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8814105 |title=Queensland. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=2 January 1863 |access-date=4 September 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* 9 May – the Government Railways Bill repeals the Tramway Act, except for court actions already in action.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3163211 |title=The Government Railway Bill. |newspaper=[[The Courier (Brisbane)]] |location=Brisbane |date=9 May 1863 |access-date=7 September 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* 20 August – Railway Bill in parliament<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75511135 |title=The Railway Bill. |newspaper=[[The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser]] |location=Toowoomba, Qld. |date=20 August 1863 |access-date=10 September 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

=== 1865 ===

* 29 March 1865 – three large shareholder taken to Supreme Court for not paying calls on [[Partly paid|contributing share]]s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8831911 |title=Queensland. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=29 March 1865 |access-date=8 September 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The three are:
* Coote,
* Stephens,
* Buckley.

== References ==

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