Chullora

This online research site related to folklore Australian railway has its origins in a projected created by workers in the Chullora Railway Workshops in NSW in 1984.

About this Research Site 2010

Keith Robinson former engine fitter, Chullora, volunteer on the Zig Zag Railway

THE NAVVIES 2000

This, to a large extent, shifted the centre of influence in the railways, over a period of years, from the Eveleigh Loco Workshops to the Electric Car Shops, Chullora.

THE TWENTIES 2000

Sidetrack Theatre would like to thank the workers at Chullora and especially the men of the Combined Area Stewards Committee, without whose enthusiasm this project would not have taken place.

LOCO 1983

Chullora is a particularly strong example of the workplace having a history of its own, going back to 1920s when union militants were sent there to keep them away from trouble spots, through the 1930s and the war years when a whole community sprang up around the site and the Cooks

LOCO 1983

Brian, a lot of people probably don't know exactly what happens at Chullora - what's done there now and how's it changed?

LOCO 1983

Anne-Marie Wiles said she thought the decision at the last minute to run a few final rehearsals away from Chullora, back at Sidetrack's base in Marrickville, helped improve the final product.

LOCO 1983

Brian mentions their theatre/canteen spaces at Chullora.

LOCO 1983

These are spread around the five canteens in the Chullora complex.

LOCO 1983

Subsequent phone calls result in a meeting at Chullora being arranged.

LOCO 1983