Geelong+to+Ballarat+rail+road


 * ======In 1862 the Geelong to Ballarat rail road open under the engineer Robert Watson he graduated from Exeter Diocesan College in 1840. The Geelong to Ballarat shaped both Geelong and Ballarat allowing trade to go to and from Geelong. During 1856-1857 there was much discussion about the best route. The residents of Clarendon and Buninyong were particularly vocal, arguing that the line should follow the coaching road from Geelong to Ballarat, rather than cutting through the Lal-Lal and Warrenheip forest. Many newly-arrived migrants clamoured for jobs as labourers, the project provided an employment rise in the colony.======

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