South Australia had a horse-drawn railway at the Murray River.
Australia's first railway line, Sandridge, opened in Victoria running from Melbourne's Flinders Street Station to Port Melbourne.
Sydney Railway Company started the first railway track in NSW between Sydney and Parramatta but came across financial difficulty so the NSM colonial government took over.
The first line carrying steam-powered trains opened between Adelaide and Port Adelaide.
A 72 kilometre long railway line opened between Launceston and Deloraine in Tasmania.
The first railway to operate in Western Australia was a private timber railway that ran from Lockville to Yoganup.
Queenlan's first railway ran from inland Ipswich to Granchester but was extented to the Darling Downs then connected to Brisbane.
A railway running from Darwin to Pine Creek in the Northern Territory started operating.
Between Queanbeyan, NSW and Canberra, ACT a 10 kilometre branch line opened.
