Some interesting newspaper articles.
Stories are in chronological order.
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1863.
1871.
1872.
1877.
1883.
1886.
1899.
1911.
1914.
Thank you all who have put this website together. It is very interesting. Priceless.
Geoff you are doing a splendid job ... no small task. Thanks.
Takes me back to wonderful childhood days visiting "Merrieton" and "Towarri". At about age 12, I thought Tony (aged about 24) was the most handsome chap around
Which farm did "Pop Mackelvane" have, I was there during the last part of the second war.
We had a property, "Werribon" on the road that intersected with the road where Binghams store (name?) was to go to St. Josephs in Quirindi on Rafie's bus.
I remember the excitement of Rafie getting the "cab-over" bus and used to ride up front with him. We had a property, Werribon, just down the road (name??) from
Quirindi Herald. 1922.