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<p>This photo is of Clare Railway Station and depicts the station office with a guard on the platform.
The Spalding railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network which branched from the Peterborough line at Riverton and passed through the Clare Valley to Spalding. 
The line opened from Riverton to Clare on 5 July 1918, being extended to Spalding on 9 January 1922. 
The cessation of railway services was a consequence of the Ash Wednesday bushfires in February 1983, which caused major damage to infrastructure between Sevenhill and Penwortham. 
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The line was formally closed on 17 April 1984 - Wikipedia</div>
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State Government Photographer</div>
The History Trust of South Australian,  South Australian Government <br> Photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://data.history.sa.gov.au/sagpc/media/preview/13032?maxsize=1000">[1]</a> <br> Object record <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://data.history.sa.gov.au/sagpc/getitem/13032">[2]</a>