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William Murray Ross (1825-1904) was an entrepreneur best remembered for his failed "Rosstown Railway" in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The railway was part of a larger "Rosstown Project" which also included a sugar beet processing mill and residential estate. Parts of the rail line easement have been preserved as the Rosstown Railway Heritage Trail. Ross was born in Liverpool, England, arriving in Melbourne in 1852. In 1875, he launched his new suburb of Rosstown, running this advertisement in the Argus: == References == 〔 *D.F. Jowett & I.G. Weickhardt (1978). ''Return To Rosstown – Railways, Land Sales and Sugar Beet Ventures in Caulfield''. Rosstown Historical Research Group. *Murray, Peter R. & Wells, John C. (1980) ''Sand, Swamp and Heath – A History Of Caulfield''. City of Caulfield. ISBN 0-9598392-6-7 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Murray Ross」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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