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Native Dog Creek-1890's
In the photo below of Essington Post Office the right building which was post office was still standing in 1968 when my dad took me to visit. He identified it as the PO. The hut was made of what an 8 year old called mud and wheat or more correctly wattle and daub. It had an earthen floor was dark and had a dead rabbit in it. The other house next to it is listed as Nurse West’s house who was the midwife for the area.[2] Reuban Victor Smith’s place was down behind this where a quince orchard was.
To be continued......
[1] National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW : 1889 - 1954), Saturday 15 March 1890, page 2
[2] Wheeler J and Garland B., Oberon-Jenolan District Historical Notebook. First Published in 1969.
Essington Post Office: this photo confirms that Essington is indeed Native Dog Creek as these huts sit at point on Sewells Creek Road where the Native Dog Creek sign sits. Below is what it looked like in 1990's . These are on the right hand side of the road opposite NDC sign. Looking up at the hill in the photo below you see William Richard's 100 acres.
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