Sturt memorial note reopens old Wellington stones tale
The author questions the Wellington memorial committee claim that Sturt started from the cobbled stones near the old hotel. He explains the stones were the prison floor and notes where the Superintendent’s quarters stood and where Sturt may have camped. A land transfer is mentioned involving Mylecharanes or Aarons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Explorer Sturt
Wellington
Grandfather Fisher
Wellington-Molong Road
Sturt
Montefiores Falls
Old and New Mitchells Creek Story of a Mining and Dairy Era
A fragmented reminiscence traces Mitchells Creek history from early mining at Matthews Reef to a later Hereford cattle dairy run named Hereford. It follows owners, a battery site, a ruined building, and disputes that shaped land ownership from the 1870s to the early 20th century, ending with faded recollections of key figures and property transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell's Creek
F. Matthews
Wellington
Mrr Navison
Matthews
Ube
Bank
Ue Dulhuntys
Robert Fraser
Aarons
Aarons Hid
BE. K. Cox
Mulrow
Reynolds
Toeal
Patterson River
Aaron
Itereford
Aurong
Wn Ns
We ‘Trevarklh
A. McConoehle
Wilsaw Pioneers and the Early Sydney Timber Trade
The article notes the rise of sawmilling near Sydney with timber like wackbutt ironbark spotted gum and mahogany thriving between the George and Cook Rivers. It mentions early wooden structures in Sydney built from pit sawn timber and references figures Don Bradman and Alan Pairfax in a digressive, period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Sydney
George
Cook
Don Bradman
Alan Pairfax
Via
St. George
Botany Bay
The Song of the Law on Sawyers of a Past Era
The piece recalls hard labor in an era of limited capital and no wages board where sawyers worked by hand. It contrasts primitive methods with later steam and water power, noting the rhythm of the saw, the rough concertina tunes, and frugal meals as daylight faded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyer
Timber and building materials shape a growing Sydney district
The passage traces timber prices and demand in early Sydney, noting how long it took to saw and process logs at a pit and the rough work of forming walls with rafter frames. It also touches on wooden tenements, local buyers, and the search for copper and high grade limestone in Glen Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackass
Sydney
Wright
Phil Williams
Phil
Goulburn-street
Anthony Hordern
Crewe
Hieerne
Glen Mitchell
Howe
Connelly’s Bush
Lord's Bush
Drift to the Coast and the Lost Pit Sawyers
A reminiscence on old timber trades near Sydney. Pit sawing waned with gold rushs, coastal logging rose, transport costs rose, and sawyers adapted to new methods. The piece notes log sizes, daily outputs, and evolving tools while reflecting on the hard days and market shifts.
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Royal Exchange Assurance Iam
A. A. Dobbie
Kasima
Ks Ryon
Neu
AB Fuller
Neurea
Halura
Senr Wellington
Ib- Ponto Palla
Parkes Woody
Wilson
Devon
Whitwell
Beckett
Persei
Tresgon My
Glenpaddocks
Tate
Haney Taylor
Macquivie Stat Farm
Frlenter
Times” Office
D. B. Thomson and Estate
Achuanie Chiasibers
W.B. Cotroperty
Dubbo
Duba
Foilige
Ball
Vatreet
Joves AN
Water Eciality
Cuanameen
EE Street
People
Lone
Aneuh Walladtrae
Times
Pery Etrant
N.5
Richardson & Hall
Swift-St
Phone St
Teangiv
Wilmot
Wisi
Old and
New Mitchell's Creek
Will Carter
Rome Gully
Sowta
aMtre Nen
Cornwell's Malt Extract
Eae Teall
Harvey Brothers
Opticians
A. A
Harvey
M.D.A
Optician
Griffiths
H. Bestwick
General Agricultural and Imaglement Agent
Lucerne. & Hay Presses
Shearer
LEE Street
THE
Hollywood
Morrison's
WAR Kee & CO
ERS & Fruiterers
Ranime Crescent
Wellngton
E. R. Thomas
General Store
Percy
Murray Bros
Maughan ST
N.S.W
the Royal Hotel
C.T.A
N.r.mla
P.O. Box
Mrs. Dempsey
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