Light Railway Research Society of Australia

The Light Railway Research Society of Australia is an amateur research society that focuses on narrow gauge railways, tramways, and industrial railways in Australia and places where Australian economic interests were strong, such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and the phosphate islands of the Pacific.[1][2]

The society was founded in 1961 to promote interest in special purpose railways associated with a wide range of industries, including sugar production, timber milling, tourism, construction, manufacturing, quarrying and mining. Members have interests in industrial archaeology, social history, preservation, mapping, bush walking and photography. It is a leading publisher of books on sawmilling history.[3]

The society originated in Victoria, and much of its early focus was on the timber tramways and industrial railways of that state. It later developed with branches that meet in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney.[4] It has been credited with some of the most thorough research and publication about light railways in Australia and worldwide.[5]

The society publishes Light Railways magazine.[6] It has published more than 60 books.

See also

References
  1. Five to 500: The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's Twenty-five Year Book and reprint of 'Light Railways' Nos 1 to 12; Light Railway News No.120, December 1997
  2. LRRSA fiftieth anniversary : 1961-2011, Sydney, N.S.W. : Light Railway Research Society of Australia, 2011
  3. "Light Railway Research Society of Australia". Light Railway Research Society of Australia. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. "About the LRRSA". Light Railways Research Society. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  5. Griffiths, T. (1992) Secrets of the Forest: Discovering History in Melbourne's Ash Range, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards NSW, pages 88-90.
  6. Light Railway Research Society of Australia (1977), Light railway news, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, ISSN 0155-2260
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