Ghosts of the Goldfields: Pioneer Diggers and settlers on the Turon
By Henry H. Neary
Originally printed Sydney: Merritt, 1940
Reprinted 1983
Indexed by Matt Hall
Description |
Pages |
A.J.S. Bank at Sunny Corner | 31 |
Alluvial Digger, The | 183 |
Anderson ,(miner), Mount David | 27 |
Anderson, (station owner), Macquarie River | 22 |
Arrow Family, Mount David | 30 |
Aubery, Edward, Mrs | 140 |
Bailey Family | 58,105 |
Baker, Wattle Flat | 23 |
Bathurst Courthouse and Gaol, The Old | 158 |
Bathurst, Entrance to | 77,79 |
Beath, R. (pub) Church Hill | 115 |
Bell, Mrs, (hotel) Stewart Town | 134 |
Bell’s Creek | 21 |
Benyon, William (farmer) Bigga | 153 |
Big Oakey | 18 |
Bloomer, (teacher) Wattle Flat | 117 |
Blue Duck, The | 19,20 |
Boon, (police constable), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Botrill Family, Wattle Flat | 163 |
Bow, John (bushranger) | 153,154 |
Boyle, Bartholomew | 57 |
Bragg, (butcher) | 134 |
Brailey, Wattle flat | 119 |
Brideson, Commissioner (district magistrate) | 140 |
Bright, Bill (warder), Bathurst Jail | 41 |
Bright, David (miner) | 41 |
Bright, John (miner), Wattle Flat | 40 |
Bright’s House, home of John Bright, Wattle Flat | 40 |
Broad, Luther | 64 |
Brockwell, (miner), Big Oakey | 18 |
Brooks | 58 |
Broughton, Right Rev. Dr. William Grant, D.D. | 124,125 |
Brown, Fred (time-keeper), Sunny Corner | 36 |
Bryant , Albert (butcher), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Bryant, Walter (butcher), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Burke, (bushranger) | 150,153 |
Busby, Dr., Bathurst | 154 |
Butler, Boyd & Co., The Little Marvel | 29 |
Butters, R. (miner), Surface Hill | 15 |
Byers, Hill End | 25 |
Caledonia, The | 17 |
Campbell | 153 |
Campbell, Dr. | 152 |
Campbell, W., Whalen’s Hill | 18 |
Candrick Family, Wattle Flat | 163 |
Candrick, Tom, known as Tom the Roadman | 142 |
Capheratta | 17 |
Carmichael | 58 |
Carr, G.E. (hotel), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Carroll, Michael, Hoolahan’s Farm | 23 |
Chair, Dudley de, Sir (N.S.W. Governor) | 128 |
Charleston, K. Mr. (manager), Sunny Corner Mine | 31 |
Charlton, (mine manager), Sunny Corner | 36 |
Chow Flat | 21 |
Clarke, G., Red Bank | 19 |
Cleland, John ,Reverend (Presbyterian Minister) | 127 |
Clyne, Dan, M.L.A. | 45,46,48,57 |
Clyne, Mrs | 57 |
Codrington, Constable | 86-89 |
Codrington, Mrs | 88 |
Codrington, Robert | 88 |
Codrington, The Shooting of | 86,88 |
Collits | 152 |
Commercial Bank, Sunny Corner | 34 |
Conolly & Parker, (butchers) Mount David | 30 |
Conolly, Reverend Father | 125 |
Constable Nelson Monument | 155 |
Coobang Mick | 150 |
Corbett, Father (Parish Priest) Wattle Flat | 122 |
Corney, James, Crudine | 50 |
Cortis, Dr. ( parliamentarian) | 130 |
Cougherty, John (miner) Ironbarks | 133 |
Cox, Red Bank | 19 |
Coyle, Pat (driver, Cobb & Co) | 39 |
Coyle, Pat, Mrs | 39 |
Coyle, Tom (driver, Cobb & Co) | 39 |
Coyle, W.T., The Hon. Judge, Sofala | 39,45,46,47 |
Crawford Home, The | 40 |
Crawford, Charley (miner), The Caledonia, The Frenchman | 17,18 |
Crawford, Charley, Wattle Flat | 40 |
Crawford, Eliza, Wattle Flat | 40 |
Crawford, Jack, Wattle Flat | 40 |
Crawford, Sam (miner), The Caledonia | 17 |
Crawford, Sam, Wattle Flat | 40 |
Crick, W.P. | 130 |
Crozier, David (miner), Mount David | 27 |
Crozier, Lennox (miner), The Little Marvel | 29 |
Cummings, C. (store), Mount David | 30 |
Cummings, Mrs | 39 |
Cuthbert, D. (store), Mount David | 30 |
Dacey (hotel) Wattle Flat | 141 |
Dalveen (bye-election candidate) | 130 |
Dam Creek | 24 |
Davidson, Davie (miner), Reilly’s Creek | 17 |
Dawn | 184 |
Dawson, Tom | 115 |
Day, Bill “Bill the Blacksmith” (shop) Sofala | 163-167 |
Daylight Creek | 36 |
De Clanet’s Hotel, Bathurst | 151 |
Dean, Senator (politician), Wyagdon | 45 |
Deason, (miner), Donolly, Vic. | 26 |
Deaton, John | 107 |
Deep Lead, The | 20 |
Dein Family, Wattle Flat | 163 |
Dein, A.K. Senator | 46,162 |
Derome, Adam | 106 |
Diggers’ Arms, The | 114 |
Doctor Curr’s Nugget, Louisa Creek | 25 |
Donnelly (teacher) Wattle Flat | 117 |
Douglas (baker) Wattle Flat | 119 |
Drake, (builder of first Pacific blast furnace), Sunny Corner | 35 |
Draper, (hotel), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Dreamland of Memories | 182 |
Dunlop | 58 |
Dunn (hotel) Wattle Flat | 141 |
Dunn, Charlie (boxer), Wattle Flat | 43 |
Dunn, John (bushranger) | 151 |
Eccles, John, Wattle Flat | 23 |
Eccles, Old Man | 85 |
Eggleston | 58 |
Eldridge, Bert,( hotel, butcher’s shop, blacksmith’s), Wattle Flat | 39 |
Eldridge, G., Uncle Tom | 19 |
Eldridge, J., Uncle Tom | 19 |
Eldridge, Waddell, Mini & Brockwell (miners), Big Oakey | 18 |
Emmett, Joe (miner), Gilmore’s Lead | 21 |
Enterprise Hotel, Mount David | 30 |
Euston, Felix (miner) Wattle Flat | 66 |
Evans, (manager), Sunny Corner | 36 |
Eyres, (manager), Sunny Corner | 36 |
Fagan, Sergeant (policeman), Sofala | 89 |
Felthouse Family, Mount David | 30 |
Fisher, Doctor, Hill End | 64 |
Fitzgerald Family, Mount David | 30 |
Fitzgerald, (teacher) Mount David School | 29 |
Fitzgerald, Dan | 42 |
Fitzgerald, Tom | 42 |
Flynn, Jack, (baker), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Fogarty, Jim (boxer), Wattle Flat | 43,44,45 |
Foley, Larry (boxer),Turon | 43,44 |
Fordyce, Alexander (bushranger) | 153,154 |
Foster (hotel) Wattle Flat | 141 |
Foster Brothers | 85 |
Foster, F.J. (politician), Wattle Flat | 45,46,48,131 |
Foster, G., Solitary Flat | 20 |
Foster, John (miner), Red Bank | 19 |
Frenchman, The | 18 |
Gaffney, Mrs | 25 |
Gaffney, Paddy (miner), Crawford Creek | 24 |
Game, Philip, Sir (N.S.W. Governor) | 40,128 |
Gardiner, (baker), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Gardiner, Frank (bushranger) | 149,151,152,153 |
Garrett, Tom | 90-93 |
Gellard (miner), Gilmore’s Lead | 21 |
Gentles, (manager), Sunny Corner | 36 |
Gibbon Family, Mount David | 30 |
Gilbert, Johnny (bushranger) | 149,150,151,152 |
Giles, Edward | 141 |
Giles, Sergeant (police station) Sofala | 139 |
Gilmore (miner), Gilmore’s Lead & Sofala | 21 |
Goddard, Joe (boxer), Tamberoora | 43 |
Golden Spud, The | 23 |
Grater (teacher) Wattle Flat | 117 |
Great Nameless Nugget, Ballarat, Victoria | 26 |
Green Gully | 60 |
Green Man | 24 |
Gregor, J., Reverend (Presbyterian Minister) | 127 |
Grice (miner), Gilmore’s Lead | 21 |
Grimwood’s (store), Wattle Flat | 14,119,163 |
Guard, Ned (store, hotel) | 24 |
Gylmandyke | 33 |
Hackett, Mick | 114 |
Hales A.G. “Smiler” (mining editor “Sunday Times”) | 131 |
Hall, Ben (bushranger) | 149,150-152 |
Hall, Edgar (manager), Sunny Corner | 36 |
Halloran (teacher) Wattle Flat | 117 |
Halloran, Aubrey, Wattle Flat | 42 |
Hargraves, E.H. (miner) | 53 |
Hatfield (teacher) Wattle Flat | 117 |
Havenham, Frank (hotel), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Havenham, Harry, (band conductor), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Hawke | 58 |
Herriett, Bill (miner), Jews’ Creek | 20 |
Hickenbotham, George | 141 |
Hickenbotham, Walter (horse trainer), Wattle Flat | 42,43 |
Highfield farm | 60 |
Hill, Tom (bullock-team driver) | 39,124 |
Hodges | 58 |
Hodges, (miner), Surface Hill | 15 |
Hodges, Bill (shepherd) | 105 |
Hodges, Charley | 71 |
Hodges, Jack (butcher) Wattle Flat | 104-5 |
Holes, Senior Constable | 152 |
Hollis (teacher) Wattle Flat | 117 |
Holman, (post office), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Holman, Joe, old time whip of Sunny Corner line | 32 |
Holman, Joseph (mail contractor), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Holterman’s Nugget | 25,26 |
Homes Brothers (miners), Capheratta | 17 |
Hoolahan (hotel), Wattle Flat | 141 |
Hoolahan, Jack (politician) | 45 |
Hoolahan, Michael, Hoolahan’s Farm | 22 |
Hope Family, Mount David | 30 |
How Family, Mount David | 30 |
Hume, John (teacher), Wattle Flat | 117 |
Hung, Ah (miner), Wattle Flat | 41 |
Hurley, William, M.P. (general manager), Sunny Corner | 36 |
Hutchins, John, (manager) Mount David | 29 |
Hyland (hotel), Wattle Flat | 141 |
Ireland, M.J., Mrs (Ireland’s house & store) | 39 |
Jack the Frenchman, (miner), Uncle Tom | 19 |
Jarvie, Major & Company, Big Oakey | 18 |
Jews’ Creek | 20 |
Johnnie Mack’s Pub | 141 |
Johnston | 58 |
Johnston, Constable (police station) Sofala | 139,140 |
Kearns, Constable (police station) Ilford | 156 |
Keddle, Major | 64 |
Keeley Brothers, Red Bank | 19 |
Keightly | 152,153 |
Kelly | 151 |
Kessey, James (hotel), Mount David | 30 |
Knight, Hamilton, M.L.A., Green Gully | 45,46,47,49 |
Kum Tow, Donolly, Victoria | 26 |
Lamond, Jimmy (boxer), Sunny Corner | 35 |
Lamont & Co. (Americans) | 36 |
Lang, John Dunmore, Dr. (Presbyterian Minister) | 127 |
Lannigan, Mick (miner), The Little Marvel | 29 |
Last Giant Gum, The | 188 |
Laton, (time-keeper), Sunny Corner | 35 |
Laylor, Peter, Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, Vic. | 55 |
Lester, George | 108-109 |
Lester, Mary | 108-109 |
Lewis Ponds, Summer Hill Creek | 53 |
Lister, John, (miner) | 53 |
Little Oakey | 15,19,20 |
Lonsdale | 131 |
Lowe, Jock, a colorful personality of early Wattle Flat, (builder) | 67,68,69,117,122 |
Lowry (bushranger) | 153 |
Lowry, H. Reverend | 67 |
Lowry, Mary, “Mother Felix” (prospector & miner) Wattle Flat | 60-67 |
Macdonald, Mrs. (newspaper editor), Sunny Corner | 35 |
Machattee, Dr. , Bathurst | 144,154 |
Mackie (telegraph boy) Wattle Flat | 119 |
Macpeak, Red Bank | 19 |
Maloney (teacher) Wattle Flat | 117 |
Maloney, Bill (mail coach driver) Wattle Flat | 119 |
Mann, C., Uncle Tom | 19 |
Manns , Henry (bushranger) | 153 |
Marsden, Bishop (First Anglican Bishop of Bathurst) | 121,122,123 |
Martin (hotel) Wattle Flat | 141 |
Martin Family, Mount David | 30 |
Martin, Ben (jackaroo) | 92 |
Martin, W.H. (manager of Mount David Mine) | 28,29 |
McAtamney, J. (hotel) Wattle Flat | 129,141 |
McCarthy, Dan, hotel, Church Hill | 115 |
McCarthy’s (pub) Church Hill | 114,115,117 |
McDonahoe, Andrew (hotel) | 141 |
McDonald, Johnny (butcher), Sunny Corner | 34 |
McDougal, Constable (police station) Sofala | 139,140 |
McGlone, Detective | 153 |
McKenney, J. & Son (miners), Whalen’s Hill | 18 |
McKenny, Bright’s House, Wattle Flat | 41 |
McKenzie, Angus (miner), Little Oakey | 15 |
McMinn Family | 151 |
McPhail (schoolteacher), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Meltons Sheep Station | 82 |
Memories | 186 |
Methodist Church building | 119 |
Meyer (store) Summer Hill Creek | 53 |
Middle Creek | 18 |
Miller, Wattle Flat | 23 |
Milltown Hotel | 131 |
Mini, (miner), Big Oakey | 18 |
Mitchell’s Creek | 33 |
Moorhouse (post office & store) Wattle Flat | 117 |
Moran (schoolmaster), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Morgan, (mine owner), Sunny Corner | 35 |
Morgan, Dan (bushranger) | 149,153 |
Morgan, Thomas (Miner), Surface Hill | 15 |
Morning | 175 |
Morris (hotel) Wattle Flat | 141 |
Mount David Mine | 27,28 |
Mount David School | 29 |
Mount Kate | 21 |
Moyle & Reilly, (mine owners), Little Oakey | 19 |
Moyle, Grandfather (Mine Manager), Skid Hollow | 18 |
Moyle, Jack (miner), Spring Creek | 17 |
Murphy, Jack | 71 |
Murray, Charles (hotel), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Murray, J., Sunny Corner | 37 |
Musgrave Park | 60 |
Musgrave, Mrs. | 84, 100, 101 |
Musgrave, William a.k.a. Thompson, Bill | 98-101 |
My Mother | 179 |
Myring (manager), Big Oakey | 18 |
Nancarrow Family (bee-farmers) | 60 |
Nancarrow, Richard (bee-farmer), Wyagdon | 59 |
Neary, Walter (carrier) | 143 |
Nelson, Constable | 151 |
Nevada | 36 |
Night | 173 |
Nuggety Hill | 19 |
O’Brian (hotel), Wattle Flat | 141 |
O’Brien, Harry, Surface Hill | 17 |
O’Connor, Dan (boxer), Sunny Corner | 35 |
O’Donahoe, Andrew (builder), Wattle Flat | 141 |
O’Donnell, Christy | 71 |
O’Grady, (doctor), Sunny Corner | 35 |
O’Meally (bushranger) | 150,153 |
O’Neill Family, Mount David | 30 |
Oakey Creek | 24 |
Oakey Ridge | 111 |
Oates, (miner), Donolly, Vic. | 26 |
Old Bathurst | 178 |
Old Bush Track, The | 187 |
Outlaw Joe (bushranger) Wattle Flat | 158,159 |
Oxenham, Harry | 144 |
Oxenham, Humphrey | 42 |
Paddy Lackey Mine, North of Sunny Corner | 37 |
Palmer, H.A. Reverend (minister) Sofala | 125 |
Paul, W.H. | 130 |
Pechey, A. J. ( farmer & bye-election candidate) | 130 |
Pedrotta (gun shop) Bathurst | 150 |
Peisley, Jack (bushranger) | 151,153 |
Peterson (bee-farmer), Wattle Flat | 58,59 |
Peterson, (German carpenter), Sofala | 38 |
Pickering, Reverend (Methodist Minister) Wattle Flat | 119 |
Pidding, Tom (hotel) Church Hill | 115 |
Pierce, John, (Manager) Mount David | 29 |
Piper, Piper’s Creek | 22 |
Piper’s Creek | 22 |
Pittendrigh, Stiles &Twine, designers & builders | 119 |
Poe, San (bushranger) Sofala, Tamberoora | 154 |
Poet, Miss (schoolteacher), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Polding, Right Rev. Dr. John Bede, O.S.B., D.D. (Catholic Bishop) | 125,126 |
Post Office Hotel, locally known as Johnnie Mack’s Pub, Wattle Flat | 141 |
Press Family, Mount David | 30 |
Presswick, Maggie (nurse-girl) Sofala | 39 |
Preston, Constable (police station) Ilford | 156,157 |
Price, Jim (police constable) Sunny Corner | 34 |
Prime (miner), Gilmore’s Lead | 21 |
Prospect Inn, The | 115 |
Pyvis, Constable (police station)Sofala | 157 |
Quinlan (station-hand) Wangaratta | 153 |
Quinn, Rt. Rev. Dr., First Catholic Bishop of Bathurst | 120,122 |
Ray, Hamilton (hotel) Wattle Flat | 129 |
Red Bank | 19 |
Reilly & Moyle, (mine owners), Little Oakey | 19 |
Reilly (teacher) Wattle Flat | 117 |
Reilly Family (miners), Middle Creek | 18 |
Reilly’s Creek | 17 |
Roberts, (hotel), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Roberts, G.J. (bye-election candidate) | 130 |
Roseby, Detective | 157 |
Ross, Alex (bushranger) | 154 |
Ross, Charles (bushranger) | 154 |
Royal Hotel, Sofala | 39 |
Royal Hotel, Wattle Flat | 141 |
Rushton, Robert, Wattle Flat | 23 |
Rushton, Tom, Wattle Flat | 23 |
Ryan, Albert | 119 |
School Creek, The | 188 |
Scott Brothers, Sunny Corner | 33 |
Scott, Andrew (Ireland’s house & store) | 39 |
Semple, Hon. Robert (Minister for Public Works & Railways in NZ) | 45,46,48,162 |
Sewell Family, Mount David | 30 |
Sewell, Harry (baker), Mount David | 30 |
Shadows of the Old Church | 185 |
Shadows of the Past | 177 |
Sharp Family, Mount David | 30 |
Shaw, Harry, (manager), The Little Marvel | 29 |
Shaw’s Gully | 24 |
Sheep Station Point | 51 |
Silver King | 36 |
Sisters of St. Joseph (school) Wattle Flat | 122 |
Skid Hollow | 18 |
Slippery Jack,(bushranger) & capture of | 154,155,156,157 |
Smeed, “Genial Jack” | 39 |
Smeed, John, Sofala | 38,39,122 |
Smith (bye-election candidate) | 130 |
Smith (hotel) Wattle Flat | 141 |
Smythe, K. ,Reverend (Presbyterian Minister) | 127 |
Snape, (hotel), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Sofala Police Station | 139 |
Sofala, Commissioners’ Hill | 140 |
Sofala, The Footbridge at | 137 |
Solitary Flat | 19 |
Spring Creek | 17 |
St. George, (doctor), Sunny Corner | 35 |
Stevens Family, Mount David | 30 |
Stevens, J. (store), Mount David | 30 |
Stevenson, Henry | 154 |
Stevenson, Senior Sergeant | 153 |
Stewart Family, Mount David | 30 |
Stewart, Henry (Ireland’s house & store) | 39 |
Storey, J. & Son (Miners), Capheratta | 17, |
Storey, Joe | 80 |
Storey, Mrs., Wattle Flat | 23 |
Storeys | 58 |
Sunny Corner | 36 |
Sunny Corner Band | 32 |
Surface Hill | 15,16 |
Sutcliffe, William a.k.a. “Holy Billy” | 119 |
Sutton, (carpenter) Wattle Flat | 40 |
Suttor, J.B. | 84, 113,122,145 |
Suttor, F. B. (parliamentarian) | 130,131 |
Suttor, J.B. Mrs | 124 |
Swimming Pool, The | 188 |
Taylor (hotel) Wattle Flat | 141 |
The Little Marvel | 29 |
Therry, Reverend Father | 125 |
Thompson, A.G. (solicitor) | 131 |
Thompson, Bill a.k.a. Musgrave, William | 98-101 |
Thunderbolt (bushranger) Uralla | 149,153 |
Tilly, Aaron (miner), Surface Hill | 15 |
Titus, Jack (boxer), Sunny Corner | 35 |
Tomkinson, (post office), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Tonkin, (free trade member) | 131 |
Trewrenic, (mine manager), Sunny Corner | 36 |
Turon Gold Fields, The | 182 |
Turon River, The Iron Structure over | 137 |
Uncle Tom | 19 |
Vane, Johnny (bushranger) | 150,153 |
Vardy (hotel) Cook’s Vale Creek, near Goulburn | 153 |
Varley, Hotelier, Sunny Corner | 33 |
Vaughan, Charles | 124 |
Vidler (Miner), Surface Hill | 15 |
Village of Mount David | 27 |
Waddell, (miner), Big Oakey | 18 |
Walker, Constable | 153 |
Walters, (postmaster), Wattle Flat | 40,119 |
Waters (hotel) Church Hill | 114 |
Wattle Flat Amateur Dramatic Club 1893 | 168 |
Wattle Flat Catholic Church | 120,121 |
Wattle Flat Church of England | 121 |
Wattle Flat Cricketers, early nineties | 169 |
Wattle Flat Methodist Church | 119 |
Wattle Flat Post Office | 117 |
Wattle Flat Public School | 116,117 |
Wattle Flat, The Convent | 121 |
Webb, Paddy (politician) | 50 |
Weinhardts, (hotel), Sunny Corner | 34 |
Welcome Nugget, Ballarat, Victoria | 26 |
Welcome Stranger, Donolly, Victoria | 26 |
Whalen’s Hill | 18 |
Where Fond Memories Stray | 172 |
White, A. (brick maker) Wyagdon | 122 |
White, Alex | 57,58,104,144 |
White, Granny | 57 |
Wide-Awake, The Arrest of (bushranger) | 154,157,158 |
Wiedersehn, (manager) Mount David | 27 |
Wilde (hotel) Wattle Flat | 141 |
Wilkinson, Sunny Corner | 37 |
Williams (miner), Williams’ Claim | 17 |
Williams (teacher) Wattle Flat | 117 |
Williams, “Slogger”, Hoolahan’s Farm | 22 |
Williams, Bill “Slogger” (boxer), Wattle Flat | 43 |
Williams’ Claim, Casey’s Hill | 17 |
Willow Glen | 60 |
Wilson | 58 |
Wilson, (tradesman), Sofala | 39 |
Wilson, Jim | 100 |
Winter, W.H. “Billy”, (cornet player, furnace builder), Sunny Corner | 34, 36 |
Winters, (mine owner), Sunny Corner | 35 |
Woodgate, (mine manager), Sunny Corner | 36 |
Wright, Sergeant (police station) Sunny Corner | 34,156,157 |
Wyagdon Hill | 161 |
Young, W.W. (railway engine driver) (hotel) | 131 |