This Day in History: 1886-04-28

Governor Sir Frederick Napier Broome, KCMG, stayed in Newcastle on his way from York to Greenough to turn the first sod of the Geraldton-Greenough Railway line.

Sources:
West Australian, 5 May 1886, p.3; 10 May 1886, p.3.
Western mail, 15 May 1886, p.8.