Residents of NSW. Some Notes re Binalong & Residents

 

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Binalong.   Overview   ( Source: Wikipedia)

The indigenous people of the district were part of the Ngunnawal people. The first Europeans recorded as visiting the area were the exploratory party of Hamilton Hume in 1821

The name of the town is believed to derive either from an Aboriginal word meaning ‘under the hills, surrounded by hills, or towards a high place’ or from ‘Bennelong’, the name of a noted Aborigine. Binalong lay beyond the border of the Nineteen Counties which was the formal legal extent of European settlement in New South Wales. However, squatters settled in the district prior to the formal establishment of squatting districts in 1839. From 1847 there was a permanent police presence in Binalong and a court of petty sessions. The same year a local entrepreneur applied successfully to the Commissioner of Police for a grant to build an inn to provide accommodation and victuals for the visiting magistrate and police witnesses, and the Swan Inn was established close to the courthouse. The town was gazetted in 1850.

In 1853, Cobb and Co was established in Melbourne as a coaching company, and upon eventually expanding their operations into New South Wales, entered into an agreement with the Swan Inn to provide staging services for coaches, drivers and passengers travelling along the adjacent road to the goldfields at Lambing Flat or Young. The town flourished as a coaching stop. The Swan Inn became known as “The Cobb and Co”. The public school was established in 1861. The family of the poet Banjo Paterson moved to the Binalong district in 1869 when he was five years old. He attended the primary school in Binalong but later went to boarding school in Sydney returning home in the holidays. The district features in a number of his poems, for example, Pardon, the son of Reprieve. Paterson’s father is buried in the local cemetery.

The presence of gold meant also that there were bushrangers in the area. The grave of John Gilbert is near the town in the former police paddock. He was a member of the Gardiner-Hall gang and shot by police in 1865.

The original railway station opened in 1875 and was replaced by the current structure on an island platform when the railway was deviated and duplicated in 1916. The 1916 signal box is now closed. The original station remains as a private house on the road to Yass.

The Swan Inn closed following the building of the railway and the establishment of other hostelries closer to the railway station. It reopened in the mid-1980s as a restaurant and continues under the name The Black Swan. A motel was built on the adjoining block of la

Some Residents  ( 38 entire as at 19/1/2017)

 

Surname First Name Place Salary/Pension/Rent of lease Notes 1 Occupation Year Appoint/Reg /Pension Start 1st Appoint/Date purchase Sources/ Notes 2
Beckham Edgar Binalong – Binalong District Guardians of Minors 1869 V.& P.- Blue Book 1869.  Gentlemen appointed as Guardians of Minors to give consent in cases of marriages in the Colony.
Bromley William Binalong – Commercial Hotel Publican 1880 GG 17 Sept 1880.   Publican’s licensee for 1st July to 30th June 1881. Burrowa  District.
Brown E. Binalong – Binalong; 3,000 sheep Owner / Holder 1900 Wise PO Directory 1900; Pastoral & Agricultural Directory. Young Stock District.
Brownrigg M. B. Binalong – Church of England – Minister registered for the Celebration of Marriage. Minister 1862 GG 4 Feb. 1862
Cahill John James Binalong – 208 miles south of Sydney; access by  rail direct ;  nearest bank is at  Harden. Of the Royal Hotel. Publican 1898 NSW Country Trade Register 1898
Calvert William Binalong £11.0.0. refunded 1st class & unsettled  land. area 44 acres. Cond. Purch. No. 193. Reason – Land applied for under promose of lease to C. Marna, and forming part of old run Bendrick Morrell. – 1864 – Conditional Purchases disallowed. V. & P. 1863 – 4; Showing amount refunded and reason for refund.
Carter John Binalong – Commercial Hotel Publican 1882 Burrowa Licensing District
Carter Samuel Binalong – Coach and Horses Publican 1880 GG 17 Sept 1880.   Publican’s licensee for 1st July to 30th June 1881. Burrowa  District.
Crowe Michael Binalong – Bangalal Grazier 1882 Sands 1881 – 82
Dargan L. J. Binalong – Binalong; 4,660 sheep Owner / Holder 1900 Wise PO Directory 1900; Pastoral & Agricultural Directory. Young Stock District.
Downey Thomas Binalong District £1.5.8. Lease of one lot with an area of 576 acres – 1865 Annual leases.1st.Class  Settled Districts.Y.E.  31st Dec 1865; rent paid.
Eason G. Binalong District £1.16.0. Lease of one lot with an area of 476 acres – 1865 Annual leases.1st.Class  Settled Districts.Y.E.  31st Dec 1865; rent paid.
Friend Bros. – Binalong – Bendinni; 32,200 sheep; 1,850 cattle. Owner / Holder 1900 – Wise PO Directory 1900; Pastoral & Agricultural Directory. Young Stock District.
Helier John Binalong District £1.0.0 Lease of one lot with an area of 300 acres – 1865 Annual leases.1st.Class  Settled Districts.Y.E.  31st Dec 1865; rent paid.
Hurley John Binalong District £1.13.0. Lease of one lot with an area of 528 acres – 1865 Annual leases.1st.Class  Settled Districts.Y.E.  31st Dec 1865; rent paid.
King W. Binalong – 208 miles south of Sydney; access by  rail direct ;  nearest bank is at  Harden. Of the Commercial Hotel. Publican 1898 NSW Country Trade Register 1898
Kishen John Binalong District £1.0.7. Lease of one lot with an area of 330 acres – 1865 Annual leases.1st.Class  Settled Districts.Y.E.  31st Dec 1865; rent paid.
Madden H. B. Binalong £12.0.0. Duties- assists  Postmaster in office duties generally; principally employed by Railways from which he receives the major portion of his renumeration Temporary postal assistants. 1889 V.& P.- Blue Book 1890. Post Master General. List of  wives or near relatives of  officers in charge, or who are officals of Railway Dept.
Mara John Binalong – Appointment as Inspector of Slaughterhouses & of Cattle intended to be slaughtered. Constable 1862 GG 9 Oct. 1862.
Marks Jacob Binalong £250 Contract for conveyance of mail- 21  miles – Yass & Binalong- four times a week – 2 horse spring cart. Mail contractor 1862 GG 24 Dec. 1862 ; showing contractor renumeration.
Marks Jacob Binalong £450.17.9. Contract for conveyance of mail- 100 miles – Binalong, Murrumburrah & Wagga Wagga -twice a week –  horseback. Mail contractor 1862 GG 24 Dec. 1862 ; showing contractor renumeration.
Murphy M. Binalong 20.0.0 (PDV = $1830) – Postmaster 1863 – – V.& P. PMG Report1863; Post Offices.
Noakes Charles Binalong District £1.0.0 Lease of one lot with an area of 120 acres – 1865 Annual leases.1st.Class  Settled Districts.Y.E.  31st Dec 1865; rent paid.
O’Brien Cornelius Binalong – Binalong District Guardians of Minors 1869 V.& P.- Blue Book 1869.  Gentlemen appointed as Guardians of Minors to give consent in cases of marriages in the Colony.
Packham Mrs. G. Binalong – – Farmer. 1889 Sands 1889 – 90
Rumble William Binalong – – Farmer. 1882 Sands 1881 – 82
Ryan Mary Binalong – Swan Inn Publican * 1882 Burrowa Licensing District
Ryan Patrick Binalong – Golden Fleece Publican 1880 GG 17 Sept 1880.   Publican’s licensee for 1st July to 30th June 1881. Burrowa  District.
Ryan Timothy Binalong – Swan Inn Publican 1880 GG 17 Sept 1880.   Publican’s licensee for 1st July to 30th June 1881. Burrowa  District.
Smith William F. Binalong – Great Southern Railway Hotel Publican 1882 Burrowa Licensing District
Smith W. C. Binalong 46.0.0. – non-offical postmaster & railway officer in charge 1890 V.& P.- Blue Book 1890.
Smith William Fell Binalong – Emu Hotel Publican 1880 GG 17 Sept 1880.   Publican’s licensee for 1st July to 30th June 1881. Burrowa  District.
Smith Mrs. Dora Binalong – Royal Hotel, at Binalong, occupied by William Weeks,and owned by Mrs. Dora Smith, was discovered to be on fire, which was extinguished before much damaged was done. – 1896 PG 15 Jan 1896
Tracy Laurence Binalong – Golden Fleece Hotel Publican 1882 Burrowa Licensing District
Weekes William Binalong – Royal Hotel, at Binalong, occupied by William Weeks,and owned by Mrs. Dora Smith, was discovered to be on fire, which was extinguished before much damaged was done. – 1896 PG 15 Jan 1896
Wilson Charles A. Binalong £175.0.0 Allowed £20 per annum for attending court at Burrowa ; there are other allowances applicable. Clerk of Petty Sessions 1858 8/04/1857 8/04/1857 V. & P. 1858; Police Magistrates & Cleks of Petty Sessions beyond the Settled Districts.
Wilson Charles A. Binalong – – Clerk of Petty Session 1859 – – V.& P. NSW Leg. Assembly 1859 – 60; Officers of the Civil Establishment.
Winterbottom Agnes Mary Binalong – Died in bed in a fit; Coroner or Magistrate was  J. Futter J. P. – D.O.D. 31.1.1870 1870 . Sudden Deaths, or Accident or Violence subject of Coroner’s Inquest or Magisteral Inquires.