Nyngan Museum: Relics give insight to railway refeshments room

By Leonie Montgomery
April 2 2019 - 8:00pm
Relics tell story of railway refeshments room
Relics tell story of railway refeshments room

Nyngan Railway Station was a major junction and housed an impressive Refreshment Room. It had a bar and restaurant and was the main source of refreshment for weary travellers and town folk alike. Alex Mitchell tells a story about when Chips Rafferty, the film star, stopped off for a break from his rail journey from Bourke, in December 1958. The story was told to Alex by Jack Burley, who was at that time a railway guard at Nyngan. It was a scorcher of a day, with temperatures of well over 100 degrees (and that was in the water bag!) The Railway Refreshment Room supplied cold drinks, pies, sandwiches, coffee and tea and was also licenced to sell cold beer and spirits.

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