Originally the area around Bell on the Bunya Highway in Queensland was part of a large land holding called Jimbour Station. In the 1870s the area was opened up for closer settlement and Angus & […]
Township famous for a gun battle between police and the bushranger Ben Hall. Located 337 km from Sydney, Koorawatha is a tiny township on the Olympic Highway between Young and Cowra whose only real claim […]
BY RICK MOORE Danger, exploration, innovation and the risk of financial ruin were all part of the construction of the 3200 km Overland Telegraph Line from Port Augusta to Darwin that would provide Australia’s first […]
Bingara is on Australia’s History Trail in North Western NSW and was a pastoral settlement that commenced in about 1830, it was not until the discovery of Gold in 1853 that the communities of Bingara and Upper Bingara began […]
I have been to Glen Innes many times in the past 20 years and always thought it a shabby and run down place with many historical buildings. However in the past few years it has […]
Whether you call it the first or the last railway town in northern New South Wales, the historic Werris Creek Rail Depot and Junction was once at the heart of “the town that never slept”. […]
Grenfell is a former gold mining town in Western NSW. By 1870 it was producing more of the precious metal than any other town in the Colony. The gold bought bushrangers with the most famous, […]
Glengallan Homestead was built in 1867-68 by John Deuchar who, with partner Charles Henry Marshall, established the famous Glengallan Merino flock and Shorthorn stud. The breeding tradition established by Deuchar was further developed by William […]
Of all the old gold mining towns in New South Wales Sofala is one of the most interesting and unusual. While hardly comparable with Hill End, which is 35 km further on and much more […]
The historic Billson Brewery was built in 1865 during the gold rush in Beechworth. The original owner was George Billson although it did have a number of name changes until 1916 when the current name… […]
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