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Narrandera. Population. 3,800.
There is a monument to Captain Charles Sturt in Narrandera near the Murrumbidgee. It was erected and unveiled on 12th December 1929 to celebrate the Centenary of Captain Sturt camping at Narrandera. Sturt passed here on 12th December 1829 camping on the river banks. Captain Sturt and his party of men began the journey on the south bank of Murrumbidgee on 29th November 1829 below Yass. The exploration party hauled the whaleboat in the drays and carts being pulled by the bullocks as they slowly advanced along the banks of the Murrumbidgee River until Christmas Day when they reached the Lachlan River, a tributary of the Murrumbidgee north of Balranald. This confluence is about 35 kms north of Balranald. They camped at Yanga near a big swamp from 26 December to 6 January. Then they began to assemble the whaleboat and they made a small skiff to be pulled behind it. The whaleboat was thought to be ideal as it had pointed ends for speed and it had a mast for sailing and usually it could be rowed along a river. Only after Sturt had explored and discovered that the Murrumbidgee did not end up in a huge marsh area with no outflowing river like the Macquarie River but continued as a major river did he prepare leave the Yanga camp. They launched the whaleboat and skiff and set off from here to find the riddle of the rivers. This occurred on the 6th January Sturt when Sturt selected some of the party to stay at that spot near Yanga for a week in case they could not continue if the river became unnavigable. Then that group was to return the drays and horses to Goulburn. They said their goodbyes to each other on 7th January and from 7th to 14th January Sturt and his party rowed but mainly sailed their way down the Murrumbidgee River from the Balranald area to its junction with a bigger river - the Murray River.
The white story of Narrandera goes back to 1848 when the Narrandera pastoral run, taken out by Edward Flood, was first acknowledged. It comprised nearly 78,000 acres. Others runs soon followed including Gillenbah on the southern of the Murrumbidgee River. But relations between the Wiradjuri people and the early pastoralists were not always cordial hence the naming of Murdering Island, one of the tiny islands in the meandering river. In 1873 a Wagga Wagga newspaper mentioned Murdering Island but it was 1895 when another newspaper wrote one man’s account of a massacre of a sub clan of Wiradjuri on this island in 1854. It was retaliation for Aborigines spearing cattle. According to this person the whites shot the men, women and children and only one member of the clan escaped alive. Most Aboriginal clans had 100 or less people in them as tribes were usually divided by eight totem groups so probably around 100 people were massacred. The island is near Poisoned Waterways Creek, an anabranch of the Murrumbidgee River, and it was as presumably named for being “poisoned” by Aboriginal bodies. No maps name Murdering Island.
After the passing of the Robertstown Act in 1861 the first selectors came and took up their 320 acre properties with the first in 1862. By 1872 the owners of Gillenbah run had 710 freehold acres. A small hotel near the river crossing had opened on Gillenbah run in 1856 followed by a store and post service in 1858. But Gillenbah did not become the main town. Surveyor Edward Twynham surveyed and laid out Narrandera in 1859 but it was not proclaimed until 1863 although town lots were sold in 1860. Further subdivisions occurred into the 1890s especially once the railway arrived in 1881. Narrandera got a Courthouse in 1862, a Post Office in 1861, a school building was started in 1870 but the building was not completed until 1873, and a new building added in 1883. A bank did not open until 1880 and this bank, the Commercial Bank of Sydney, built fine premises in 1884. The Bank of NSW followed them in 1888. Some buildings and features to look for in the Main Street area- East Street and Audley, Larmer, Douglas and Aspley streets.
•At the Top Pub (Narrandera Hotel) turn left into Larmer Street which was the main street until the railway arrived in 1881. At 126 Larmer is a Victoria mansion built in 1870 after a flood that year destroyed the first building on the site which was a store. On next corner is former Post Office built in 1882 then converted into the Police Sergeants residence in 1900. Now vacant and shuttered up. On the next corner is Arts and Crafts Edwardian style Courthouse designed by architect by Walter Liberty Vernon in 1906. The original Courthouse built in 1879 is next door. On the next corner is the Anglican Church the oldest church in Narrandera built in 1879.The chancel and porch with tower were added in 1891. Across from the Anglican Church is the oldest pub (and building) in Narrandera built in 1860 a year after Twynham surveyed the town site in 1859. Return to Main Street and turn left.
• At the Murrumbidgee Hotel (built 1910 in Federation style) turn right into Audley St to see the Catholic Church and the Presbytery. Father Patrick Hartigan was appointed to Narrandera church in 1917. From 1906 he had been publishing bush poems under a pseudonym – John O’Brien. His most famous poem is probably Said Hanrahan (1919.) He retired from Narrandera in 1944. The Catholic Church was built in 1908 and consecrated 1910 and the Convent next door was built as a single storey building in 1908 with upper floor added in 1926.The Catholic Presbytery is higher up the street and is now the John O’Brien Centre but the John O’Brien memorial is beside the Church. Return to the Main Street. On the corner Audley and East streets is the former Joint Stock Bank. A two storey symmetrical solid building. Erected in 1882.
•The Council Chambers were built in 1912 and the clock tower was added in 1930. The building is an early Art Deco style building with horizontal layers and geometric features. In front of it is Memorial Park with its Royal Doulton Hankinson Memorial fountain. Donated in 1922 by an alderman and his wife to commemorate soldiers’ efforts in World War One. The only other Royal Doulton fountain known is in Pakistan. There is also a memorial to the Boer War in the park, World War Two, North Korean War and others.
•Opposite the Council Chamber is the NAB Bank. Built in the 1884 as the Commercial Bank of Sydney.
•Next corner left is the Post Office. Built in 1900 in Federation style. Turn left here into Twynham St. At 22 Twynham is the fantastic AMP Society building erected in 1922. The three figure sculpture on the front was the AMP logo. Worth a very short detour. 27 Twynham Street is Parkside Pioneer Cottage Museum. Not open on Mondays.
•Back in the Main St next to the old signed Narrandera Pharmacy at 126 East St is the former ANZ Bank. Some Art Nouveau features. Built around 1920.
•At 94 East St is the former Bank of NSW. Built in the 1920s in inter war Georgian style.
•At the next corner turn left into Douglas Street. On the corner with Cadell Street by the park is St Johns Presbyterian Church which was funded by the sum of £1,500 donated by Sir Samuel McCaughey of Yanco in 1905. The foundation stone was laid in 1907 and the church opened in 1908. Almost next door at 43 Douglas Street is the former Murrumbidgee Club. A fine villa house built in 1903 for this gentlemen’s club. The founding President was Sir Samuel McCaughey.
•Just south of the church is the Narrandera Information Centre with the world’s largest playable acoustic guitar. Worth a look.
Along the Murrumbidgee are the ruins of the old five storey brewery built in 1912 and the original 1881 wooden railway bridge. Nearby are the wetlands which provide an important habitat for wetland birds, frogs, reptiles, insects and mammals. George Wildman established the Narrandera Brewery and cordial Works in 1879. The business was purchased by William Jones in 1882 and renamed the Oakbank Brewery. Thomas Lincoln became a business partner in 1886. The brewery burnt down in 1894 and a new building was erected. The five storey tower was added to the brewery in 1912 and it was designed by Narrandera architect John Hill Robertson (1870 to 1955). At that time it employed 100 men and Narrandera beer was sold around the Riverina. In 1924 the Oakbank Brewery was sold to Tooths who closed it down with the loss of 50 Narrandera jobs. The cordial works continued with a changed name until 1957. The brewery needed a good water supply so it is located right on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River. Near the brewery ruins are the Narrandera wetlands with a fine one km walk round the lake with water birds, water plants, bird hides etc. Near the Murrumbidgee the town also has Lake Talbot recreation reserve on Bundidgerry Creek and anabranch of the Murrumbidgee River.
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Last Sunday we were on the motorway on our way to Lleida (Spain) when the car broke down, as we still had some kms left we called the insurance company which took about 30 minutes to arrive, in the meantime I went out to the petrol station that was nearby and after a long time of persuasion I finally convinced my sister to pose for a few pictures. I have to say nothing was planned as there was no way I knew we would stop there, I just felt like it was a perfect chance to take photos in a deserted petrol station, I even took some self portraits but I don’t think they turned out as good as this one.
AC Sleeper coach KA-51-AD-2373 working Bengaluru-Coimbatore-Pollachi day service. This is an Ashok Leyland, built by MG (Leera)
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Montacute. In the Adelaide Hills.
This tiny valley settlement is just 14 kms from the centre of Adelaide yet it is a world away. John Baker of Morialta House and estate at Norton Summit took up leases over the land here and he named the valley Montacute after a town of that name in Somerset. Sixth Creek which flows down into the Torrens River flows through the very narrow valley. White settlers moved into the valley in 1843 when some copper was found and more came in 1846 when a little gold was found. But the longer term settlers came in this same period to establish market gardens and fruit orchards which still exist. Montacute is known for producing cherries and some other stone fruits. The earliest public building was the Wesleyan Methodist church which was built in 1861. It opened on 29th December 1861 and Methodist services were conducted there until closure 122 years later in April 1983. A grand Anglican Church atop the highest hill in the district with panoramic views in all directions was consecrated and opened in 1886. It was burnt and damaged in the 1955 Black Sunday bushfires when Marble Hill also burnt down and it has been rebuilt since then. A general store opened in the valley with a post office device in it and in 1883 the government built a stone school room on a very steep site. The first village school in Montacute was in operation by 1864. The last public building erected in the valley was the Gothic style institute/hall built in 1906. It looks like a church but the foundation stone and the current usage as a community centre indicate its past and present function. High on a ridge overlooking the valley is the local cemetery. Just one road comes into and exists the valley.
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Ground speed when photographed : 906 km/h
Climbing rate : 0.00 m/sec
Cockpit outside temperature : -61°C
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