The Petition:
National Archives of Australia
Bruinbin Post Office File SP32/1
(NAA: SP32/1, BRUMBIN PART 1)
31/12/1872
To the Honorable
The Post Master General
Sydney
Sir
We the undersigned residents of Hill End and Tambaroora beg most respectively to bring under your notice the unsatisfactory state of the Postal communication between this District and Sydney and with a view towards effecting an improvement in the mail service we beg to suggest that the bridle track from Bathurst to Hill End be made the route by which letters should be forwarded. Such an arrangement would facilitate all business and mining transactions inasmuch as letters would be delivered here at eleven o’clock in the morning instead of seven in the evening as at present and replies forwarded by return mail at say three PM and delivered in Sydney the following morning. One letter bag made up in Sydney for Hill End and Tambaroora direct would reach Bathurst at 2am and with the bag from the latter place to be in readiness at that hour would be immediately dispatched on horseback and we should have the benefit of four important business hours for reply with the advantage of an actual saving of one whole day. The proposed route is more than twenty miles less than the Coach road by way of Sofala and has many advantages over that road. The only difficulties to surmount between the two places are the Turon River and the Winburndale Creek and to overcome these it would require a wire tramway was over each which would put all delay from floods out of the question Rises in the river just now, of no great magnitude, have entirely cut off all mail communications with the Metropolis and other places on one occasion the mail was delayed for two days, on another for three. The growing importance of the locality demands a regular and prompt mail service and this at present we do not possess. We therefore pray that you will use your influence with the Government to get a sufficient sum of money placed on the estimates to defray the costs of the additional mail contract we propose. We do not desire any alteration at present so far as the heavy portion of the mail is concerned but taking into consideration the frequent and lengthened delays arising from one cause or another in the delivery of our correspondence we beg respectfully to urge your immediate attention to this absolute requirement. And trust your Government will not hesitate in granting the small sum which would be required to carry out the mail contract proposed by us.
We have the honor to be
&
Your most observant Servants
The Petitioners:
Family name | First name | Occupation | Residence |
? | Jas. | JP | |
? | Jno. | Hotel keeper | |
? | John | ||
? | George | ||
? | ? F | ||
? | S | ||
? | John | ||
? | John M | ||
? | H | ||
? | James | ||
? | JC | ||
? | Robert | ||
? | ? | ||
? | Joseph | ||
? | Kenneth | ||
? | James | ||
? | E? | ||
? | Arthur | miner | Lower Turon |
? | E | resident | |
? | Frederick | miner | |
? | Robert | mining manager | |
? | John | ||
? | WL | ||
? | ? | ||
? | A ? | jeweller | |
? | George | ||
? | Richard | ||
? | J B ? | ||
? ? hall | DA | ||
? Allen | James | ||
? Amos | David | ||
? Brann | Charles | ||
? Brien | Davi? | ||
? Burns | Lemuel | ||
? Channra | Henry | ||
? Clyne | JC | ||
? Common | Charles | ||
? Conolly | TD | ||
? Costello | ? Charles | ||
? Davis | John | ||
? Edmonds | John | ||
? Filshie | Gilbert | ||
? Furness | John | ||
? Gilbert | ? H | ||
? Graff | Philipp | ||
? Howe | Wm. H ? D | ||
Kissell | William | ||
? Manwaring | M | Engineer | Lower Turon |
? Morris | Samuel | ||
? on | Edward | ||
? Riddle | James | ||
? Ryland | C | ||
? Shmith | Frank | ||
? Slaven | Henry | ||
? Starr | Thomas | ||
? Williamson | John | ||
? Windred | G ? | ||
? Young | H | ||
???son | D | chemist | |
??utton | HA | ||
?avanagh | ? | hotel keeper | |
?borough | W | ||
?Bow | T | ||
?Co | ?Jn | ||
?dale | store keeper | Lower Turon | |
?Du ? | Francis | ||
?Elkins | Wm | ||
?Frento | ? | ||
?Grant | ? | ||
?H | William | miner | Lower Turon |
?Hansen | Henry | ||
?Huttances | Felix | ||
?ing | GJH | ||
?itt | ? L | ||
?Johnson | ? | Mining Manager | |
?L | Thos. | teacher | |
?Latona | Augustus | ||
?Latty | James | ||
?Linch | William | mining manager | Lower Turon |
?lmon | Henry | JP | |
?mann | ?W | ||
?Margorchin | A | ||
?Miles | |||
?mp | Stephen | ||
?nton | ? | ||
?pen | ? | ||
?Pym | John ? | ||
?Ruttance | |||
?Taylor | Herbert | ||
Abel | Cain | ||
Ackermann | John | ||
Adams | Alexander | ||
Adams | John ? | ||
Alderman | Charles | ||
Alexander | David | ||
Allen | Isaac | ||
Anderson | William | ||
Anderson | George | ||
Anderson | Alec | ||
Andrew | Patrick | ||
Anscomb | Arthur | ||
Armadale | P | ||
Artlett | FWC | store keeper | |
Artlett & son | C | store keeper | |
Ascroft | John | ||
Ash? | Joseph | ||
Axam | Charles | ||
B? | Victor | ? | Hill End |
Bailey | Robert P | ||
Bailey ? | Robert R | Hill End | |
Ball | Henry | ||
Bardet | Pierre | ||
Barlow | James | ||
Barlow | E | ||
Barrie | James | ||
Bartle | Henry | ||
Barton | Cha. H | ||
Beasley | Charles | miner | Macquarie |
Beaton | Charles | mining manager | |
Beattie | JJ | miner | Lower Turon |
Benham | Daniel | ||
Benson | Joseph H | store keeper | Lower Turon |
Berry | ? John | ||
Bevering | John S | commercial traveller | |
Beyers | Louis | ||
Blackett | James | ||
Boon | Henry | ||
Bork | ? | miner | Lower Turon |
Bowler | Isaac | ||
Boyd | ? Gordon | ||
Br ? | Ryan | Hill End | |
Brady | Laurence | ||
Brady | John | ||
Brady | Michel | ||
Brady | David | ||
Bragg | William | store keeper | Lower Turon |
Bray | WA | chemist | |
Brennan | James ? | ||
Brewer | J | ||
Brien | |||
Broadbent | Edward | ||
Brooking | Thomas | ||
Brotherton | James | ||
Brown | Saml | ||
Brown | Alexander | miner | Lower Turon |
Brown | Samuel | engineer | |
Bryant | Peter | Mine Manager | |
Bryant | GH | ||
Buc? | ? | ||
Buckett | Sam | ||
Bullock | Alfred | ||
Bulmer | Charles | ||
Bulpitt | |||
Burgdorf | |||
Burns | Archd. | ||
Burroughs | FC | ||
Butler | Thomas | ||
Butler | Fred | ||
Butterworth | G | miner | Turon |
C? | |||
Cahill | John | Hill End | |
Callaghan | Patrick | ||
Camden | Robert | ||
Capatihos | John | ||
Carman | Edwin | ||
Carr | Edward | ||
Carroll | Walter John | surgeon | |
Carroll | Walter John | surgeon | |
Carter | Joseph Collier | ||
Carter | Thomas | ||
Carter Senior | Joseph | ||
Cavanagh | ? | ||
Cave | |||
Chadwick | Wm. | ||
Chappell | Thos. | ||
Chapple | Alfred | ||
Chard | Ernest | ||
Chard | G | ||
Chatham | Charles | ||
Cherry | Thomas | ||
Clark | JR | ||
Clark | George | ||
Clark | John Wm | auctioneer | |
Clarke | F | ||
Clayton | Thomas Wm. | ||
Clayton | FW | ||
Collins | John | ||
Compton | Henry | ||
Condon | |||
Conlon | Patrick | ||
Conlon | John | ||
Connell | Flourence | ||
Considine | Denis | ||
Conway | Maneas | ||
Cook | Robert | ||
Cook | Robert | miner | |
Cook | Robert | ||
Corbett | Patrick | miner | Lower Turon |
Corridan | MN | ||
Corrie | AB | ||
Corrie | O | ||
Corrie | AB | ||
Cowdery | Charles | ||
Cowdery | George | ||
Cowell | James G | mining manager | |
Cragher | Mathew | ||
Creasey | Edward | ||
Crichton | R | ||
Croll | George | engineer | |
Cronk | Geo. | miner | Lower Turon |
Crook | Charles | ||
Cropper | Charles | JP | |
Cross | George | miner | |
Cross | James | ||
Crossman | G | publican | |
Cudley | Andrew | ||
Cumins | John | ||
Cummings | James | ||
Curtin | David | Hill End | |
Cutler | George | ||
Cutler | Geo. | draper | |
Danby / ?Darby | John | ||
Danvells | William | ||
Davies | Ernest O | JP | |
Davis | Thomas | ||
Davis | R | mining manager | |
Davis | |||
Dawson | James | ||
Dayrell | ?? B | ||
Devins | William | ||
Dillon | ? John | ||
Dixon | John WH | ||
Dixon | ?John | ||
Dodds | Thos. | ||
Dodds | Thomas | ||
Don | Alexander | ||
Donald | |||
Dorin | Thos. | ||
Douglas | Robt. | ||
Duncan | George | ||
Dunevin | George | ||
Dunn | William | ||
Dwyer | John | miner | Lower Turon |
Ede?son | James | miner | Turon |
Edments | William | ||
Edwards | Daniel | Builder | |
Egan | M | miner | Lower Turon |
Elbourn | William | ||
Eldridge | James | ||
Ell | |||
Elliott | Edward | ||
Elliott | Edw. | ||
Ellis | John | ||
Elms | Joseph | ||
Embleton | George | ||
English | PJ | ||
Euston | Joseph | ||
Evans | R | ||
Evans | Evan | ||
Fairbairn | John | ||
Fairclif | F | ||
Farmer | ? | ||
Farrow | J | ||
Fawcett | Dr | ||
Ferguson | |||
Ferris | ? | miner | |
Fieldhouse | Henry | ||
Fieldhouse | Henry | ||
Fisher | W | baker | Lower Turon |
Fletcher | Geo. J | miner | Lower Turon |
Foley | J | ||
Forsyth | W | ||
Forsyth | Adam | ||
Fox | James | ||
Fraser | John | ||
Fride | T | ||
Frost | Charles | ||
Fry | James W | Store keeper | |
G ? | R | ||
G? | John | ||
Ga? | ? | packer & carter | |
Gains | William | contractor | |
Gallivant | Jerimiah | miner | Lower Turon |
Garbutt | Suggett | ||
Gard | John | ||
Gard | John | ||
Gardner | Thomas | ||
Gardner | Campbell | ||
Garlick | John J | ||
Garlick | Richard | ||
Garling | SA | ||
Garner | Andrew | ||
Garvan | Denis C | miner | Lower Turon |
Gavin | Patrick | ||
George | T | ||
Gibbons | Jno. C | ||
Gifford | Joseph | wheelwright | |
Gilder | A | Solicitor | |
Giles | James | ||
Gillard | George | ||
Gilmore | T | ||
Girdwood | James | miner | Lower Turon |
Given | Joseph | ||
Glover | C | ||
Goodwin | Enoch | ||
Gordon | Joseph | ||
Gordon | James | ||
Gould | Henry | ||
Grafsen | Peter ? | ||
Graham | Henry | ||
Graham | Charles | ||
Grant | Charles | ||
Gratton | EJ | ||
Greig | William | ||
Gunther | ? | ||
Hagan | James | ||
Haines | John | ||
Hales | B | ||
Hall | W | ||
Hall | James | ||
Hall | ?Richard | ||
Halliday | Mary | ||
Halloran | Michael | miner | Turon |
Hamilton | CJ | ||
Hammond | Richd. | ||
Hancock | Edward | miner | Lower Turon |
Hand | Benjamin | ||
Hanley | R | ||
Hanna | Hugh | hotel keeper | |
Hansen | John | mining engineer | |
Hardie | Thomas | ||
Hardy | Thomas | ||
Harlovich | Antonio | miner | |
Harper | James | miner | Lower Turon |
Harris | Tommy | ||
Harrison | Geo. | miner | |
Hart | Louis H | tobacconist | |
Harvey | James | ||
Harvey | Richard | ||
Hatcher | William | ||
Haven | Maurice W | ||
Hawkins | William | ||
Heiser | Robert | ||
Helsly | Thomas | store keeper | |
Henley | Richard | ||
Herrmann | Frank | tinsmith | |
Hew? | William | ||
Hewett | SG | ||
Hill | N | ||
Hilton | George | ||
Hodgson | George | Store keeper | |
Hollis | William | ||
Hollis | George | ||
Holm | ? M | ||
Holman | William | ||
Hosie | Stanley | store keeper | |
How | Wm. John | ||
Howard | JH | ||
Howard | Wm H | miner | Lower Turon |
Howard | ? | ||
Hudson Bros & Co | timber merchants | ||
Hughes | Hugh | ||
Humphery | George | miner | Lower Turon |
Humphrey | John | store keeper | Lower Turon |
Hunter | John | ||
Hyman | Samuel | commercial traveller | |
Inch | John | ||
Ingersole | James | butcher | |
Ingham | Joseph | ||
Jaffrey | Thomas | ||
Jeffery | Charles | ||
Jeffree | John | Mechanical Engineer | |
Jeffree | Albert | ||
Johns | William | ||
Johnsen | Julius | ||
Johnson | RS | ||
Johnson | Louis | ||
Johnston | Nicol | ||
Johnston | Geo. | ||
Johnston | JW | ||
Johnston | Nicol | miner | Lower Turon |
Jones | Hugh | ||
Jones | James | ||
Jones | John ? | Hotel Keeper | |
Joyce | William | ||
Keene | |||
Keith | William | ||
Kellie | A N | ||
Kellie | ? | ||
Kelly | John | ||
Kelly | John Costain | builder | |
Kelly | T | ||
Kennedy | ? | ||
Kennedy | James | ||
Kenney | Edward | ||
Kerr | Oswald | ||
King | C | ||
King | Laurence | None | |
King | Nicholas | ||
Kirby | Thomas | ||
Kirk | P | ||
Knight | Thomas | ||
Knight | George | ||
Knipler | Henry | ||
Knyvett | Arthur | ||
L | Joseph | ? ? Painter | |
L ? | Benjamin | ||
Lane | John | ||
Laport | Alfred | billiard room keeper | |
Larkin | Michael | ||
Laundess | Henry | ||
Lavers | Henry | ||
Le Messurier | Alfred | ||
Lean | William | ||
Lean | S | ||
Lee | RE | Editor Times | |
Lees | JW | ? | |
Lesley | Fred | ||
Letcher | James | ||
Letcher | James | ||
Lewis | Wm. | ||
Lewis | EJ | store keeper | |
Leyland | John | ||
Liels | Albert | ||
Linch | John | ||
London | Jno. | Surveyor | |
Longford | John | ||
Love | Daniel | ||
Lowe | Stanley | ||
Lowe | George | ||
Luff | ? | butcher | |
Lyall | JM | ||
Lynam | Joseph | ||
Lyon | ? DC | ||
M | James | ||
M? | Will | ||
Macann | James | ||
Macarthur | James | miner | Lower Turon |
Mackander | Robert | ||
Maclean | Allan | ||
Magin | JC | ||
Maher | Patrick | ||
Mallon | James | miner | Lower Turon River |
Manby Sr | Edw. | ||
Manson & Co. | draper | ||
Marchioli | Innocenzo | ||
Marsh | ? M | ||
Marshall | Tho. Geo. | ||
Marshall | Mont | ||
Marshall | Hugh | miner | |
Marshall Jun. | Tho. Geo. | ||
Mathew | Henry | ||
Matthews | James | miner | Lower Turon |
May | Cha. M | ||
May ?? | Charles | ||
Mc?ick | ? | ||
McCafferty | Edward | miner | |
McCormack | Thomas | ||
McDonald | Charles | baker & confectioner | |
McDonald | ? | ||
McDowall | W | draper | Hill End |
McEacherin | Archibald ? | ||
Mcfedries | WJ | miner | Lower Turon |
McGrath | John ? | ||
McGrath | Matthew | ||
McInnes | Duncan | ||
McKee | James | ||
McKenzie | William | miner | Lower Turon |
McLoughlin | Wm. | ||
McLoughlin | P | ||
McMahon | John | Contractor | |
McMullen | Michael | ||
McPherson | Duncan | ||
McPherson | William | mining manager | Lower Turon |
Mcvay | Charles | ||
Meli | Thomas C | ||
Merrett | ?GW | ||
Merris | John C | ||
Merris | John | ||
Miller | Henry | ||
Miller | Henry N | miner | |
Miller | Frank | miner | |
Mills | Robert | ||
Mingramm | Fr. | jeweller | |
Mitter? | James | ||
Molloy | Patrick | ||
Monies | Thomas | ||
Monies | Thomas | hotel keeper | |
Moore | Nathaniel | ||
Moore | William | ||
Moore | M ? | ||
Moore | Thos. | miner | Lower Turon |
Moran | Michael | ||
Moran | John | miner | Lower Turon |
Moran | John Thomas | auctioneer | |
Moriarty | M | ||
Morse | Patrick | ||
Moses | Lewis | ||
Moses | M | ||
Murphy | Patrick | ||
Murphy | Patrick | miner | Lower Turon |
Mustaka | Peter | ||
Mya | Peta | store keeper | |
Myer | Diedrich | miner | |
Myer & Siefke | Tobacconist | ||
Nash B.A. | W Henry | Civil engineer & Surveyor | |
Newman | Alfred | Auctioneer | |
Nicholes | Nick | ||
Nickless | Charles | ||
Nicolas | J | ||
Nixon | James | ||
Norris | Albert | ||
Northy | Josiah | ||
Nunn | William | miner | |
O Connell | John | MD ? | |
O’Grady | John | ||
Oat | James | ||
Oldag | Ch. | ||
On Gay & Co | store keeper | ||
Osman | Charles | hair dresser | |
P ? | J ? | ||
Pahlar | William | ||
Palmer | John | ||
Parks | Robert | ||
Parry | |||
Parsons | ? Jaem | ||
Pascoe | JS | ||
Pattinson | Jonathan H | ||
Pattison | John | ||
Paxton | James | ||
Payne | ?Pe ? | ||
Pearce | John | ||
Pearce | Wm. | ||
Pearce | JD | ||
Pearson | John | ||
Pendelberry | A | ||
Petric | John | ||
Phillips | R | ||
Phillips | Joel | ||
Philp | Richard | ||
Pickett | Henry | ||
Pitfield | Wm. | ||
Plummer | William | ||
Porter | Robert | store keeper | |
Powell | Thos. | ||
Price | George | ||
Price | Edward | ||
Price | Edw. | ||
Price | George | ||
Purcell | Philip | ||
Pursey | TF | ||
Pymont | Alfred | store keeper | |
Quinn | ? | store keeper | |
R ? | L | ||
Radford | Sml. | miner | |
Radley | John | ||
Randall | Alfred | ||
Randall | A | watchmaker | |
Read | John | miner | Macquarie |
Readford | Edward | ||
Regan | Patrick | ||
Regan | Michael | ||
Reily | Thomas | ||
Renateau | J | ||
Rensall | Robert | ||
Rensall | ? R | ||
Reynolds | Charles | ||
Richardson | ? | ||
Richardson | John P | ||
Rickard | Joseph | ||
Rickards | Thos. | ||
Ridgway | Chs. | ||
Ridmont | Gilbert | ||
Roberts | John | ||
Roberts | William | ||
Robinson | John | ||
Robinson | John | ||
Robson | William | ||
Rodd | Ephraim | Store Keeper | |
Rogers | ?Edwd. | ||
Rolands | Thomas | miner | |
Rosing | Niel | ||
Ross | Alexander | ||
Ross | Joseph | ? | |
Rowe | William | ||
Rowley | Joseph | ||
Rowley | FW | baker | Lower Turon |
Rowley | W | reporter Times | |
Ryan | Patrick | ||
Ryan | Matthew | ||
Sales | James | ||
Sams | William | ||
Samuel | James | ||
Sanson | W | ||
Sawyers | Eli | ||
Sawyers | William | ||
Scale | Patrick | miner | |
Scott | James | ||
Sharp | Thomas | ||
Shaw | Colin | miner | Lower Turon |
Sheargold | John | ||
Sheehan | James | ||
Sheppard | MA | Prop. Times Hill End | |
Shipway | Charles | ||
Shipworth | William | ||
Si Ti | Lum | ||
Siddons | John | ||
Simpson | Charles | ||
Slattery | Thomas | blacksmith | |
Smethurst | RC | ||
Smith | Ernest | ||
Smith | Thomas | ||
Smith | John | ||
Smith | John | ||
Smith | John H | ||
Smith | Henry | ||
Smith | Henry | ||
Smith | John | miner | Lower Smith |
Smith | ? | ||
Sneider | John J | ||
Solomon | Charles | ||
Spence | Thomas | ||
States | George | ||
Stephenson | Robert | ||
Stevenson | T ? | ||
Stewart | J? | ||
Stewart | |||
Stodart | Daniel | ||
Stout | |||
Stringer | Samuel | ||
Stuart | Henry | Store keeper | |
Sullivan | Thos. | ||
Sutton | GT | ||
Sweeney | |||
Symes | John ? | ||
Tallentire | Jacob | ||
Tattersall | James | ||
Taylor | George | ||
Therry | James | ||
Thomas | Francis | ||
Thomas | W | ||
Thomas | Geo. H | ?reporter | |
Thompson | John | Prince of Wales theatre | |
Thompson | Frank | ||
Tindale | George | ||
Totolos | Christie | ||
Tribble | John B | ||
Triffone | Peter | ||
Tunnicliff | RC | miner | Lower Turon |
Tyrrell | Robert | miner | Lower Turon |
Unsworth | Frederick | ||
Vaughan | Chas. | Curate of Hill End | |
Veres | George | ||
W | Thos. | ||
W ? | W? | ||
Wa? | John | ||
Walker | JF | mining manager | |
Wallace | Jane | ||
Wallace | James | ||
Walsh | H | ||
Walsh | John | miner | Lower Turon |
Walton | Edw. | Prop. Observer Newspaper | |
Warburton | ? George | ||
Ward? | Thos. | ||
Waterhouse | John | miner | Lower Turon |
Waters | Patrick J | ||
Waters | John | ||
Watson | T | ||
Watson | ? | ||
Watt | J | ||
Weal | John | publican | |
Webster | N | ||
Weir | John King | Hotel keeper | |
Weir | Thos. G | Cordial manufacturer | |
Werrall | Charles | ||
Wesley | Thomas | ||
Westphal | Henry | ||
Westphal | V | ||
Whelan | John | ||
Whelter | Richard | ||
Whitaker | Henry | ||
White | John | ||
White | H ? | ||
Wiggins | James | ||
Wilkinson | William | miner | Lower Turon |
Williams | John | ||
Williams | P | ||
Williams | Thomas N | ||
Williams Jno. | RW | ||
Williams | Griffith | ||
Williams | |||
Williamson | CA | ||
Willis | George | ||
Wilson | ? Henry | ||
Wilson | WG | ||
Windred | Charles | ||
Windsor | John | ||
Winsley | Sydney | Hill End | |
Wood | William | ||
Wright | James | ||
Wright | Thos. | miner | Lower Turon |
Young | Samuel | ||
Young | George | baker | Lower Turon |