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THE MILLSTONE KURRAJONG - COMLEROY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC PO Box 174 Kurmond, NSW, 2757 THE MILLSTONE KURRAJONG - COMLEROY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC PO Box 174 Kurmond, NSW, 2757 VOLUME 3, ISSUE 11; JULY-AUGUST 2005 The Kurrajong-Comleroy Historical Society is dedicated to researching, recording, preserving and championing the history of “the Kurrajong”, the district bounded by the Hawkesbury River at North Richmond, the Grose River, “Cut Rock” at Kurrajong Heights, along Comleroy and Blaxlands Ridge Roads to East Kurrajong, and to the Colo River. “The Millstone” refers to the Little Wheeney Creek millstones on display at Kurrajong Memorial Park. Logo designed for the Society by artist Tony Dixon. IN THIS ISSUE KCHS REDISCOVERS THE ORIGINAL COMLEROY Comleroy Road, Australia’s first story of five Northern Blue Mountains FEATURE STORY road north, was officially opened explorers with transcripts from their in 1823. Some 182 years later, journals and letters. We stopped at Colo  Our historic schools a group of Kurrajong-Comleroy Heights while Andy and Les provided a The Kurrajong area has a wealth of Historical Society members commentary on this section of the original retraced the historic route under Comleroy Road. It had taken Singleton and history in its schools with several Parr five days to reach this point on foot in local primary schools celebrating the guidance of expedition leader Les Dollin. In this article November 1817. major milestones - Page 4 Les and Anne Dollin report on We continued along the original Comleroy the adventure. ACTIVITIES & EVENTS Road, passing places with wonderful names like New Yard, Grassy Hill, Mellong Rock, On Monday 2 May, 2005 an enthusiastic The Gibba, Six Brothers Water Hole,  The road to Comleroi group of 33 members of the Kurrajong King’s Waterhole, Bullring Hill, High Les Dollin reports on the links be- Comleroy Historical Society gathered to Wollemi, then down Staircase Hill to Putty. retrace the historic Comleroy road to its tween Kurrajong and the Hunter The middle section of this long road was original destination – Comleroy in the once also called the Bulga Road, but now Valley discovered on the road to Hunter (see Comleroy Fact File). is called the Putty or Singleton Road. Comleroi - Story begins on this page The group left Kurrajong Brush near the Putty and hot scones and sticky date site of Ben Singleton’s water mill in Mill pudding  Richmond’s fascinating past Road, Kurrajong. The original road forded revealed Wheeny Creek at Wheeny Creek Reserve, Nestled in the picturesque Putty Valley is Mary Avern led members on an and Colo River at Upper Colo Reserve. Due the Clairvaux Tea Room operated by Steve intriguing stroll through some little to time limitations, though, we detoured via and Therese Donnelly and their children Blaxlands Ridge and picked up the original known historic gems in Richmond - Angela, Rachael, Jerome and Luke. The tea road at Colo Heights (Parrs Brush). room is on the first land grant at Putty that Here she shares some stories and had been given to Hannah Laycock as a photos - Page 3 We were privileged to have with our group Andy Macqueen, author of ‘Somewhat Continued on page 6 Perilous’. Andy’s book tells the fascinating FAMILY INFORMATION  Hill and Lindsay families The extraordinary story of Evelyn Hill, our first female university graduate, has prompted more information about the Hill and Lindsay families - Page 10 BRIEFINGS  News and Information - Page 2 Kurrajong Comleroy Historical Society members at Ben Singleton’s farm in the original  Dates for your Diary Comleroy district (with its many different spellings) in the Hunter. [Photo courtesy Ian - Page 12 O’Toole] - Page 1 - News working on the project as part of the Work you with one for just $1.50. If you want a for the Dole scheme. Faith left to pursue a pencil, call Joy on 4573 1524, or speak to By Jennifer Stackhouse nursing course, while Jody has taken her at a future function. maternity leave. We wish them well in their future careers as nurse and mum. Railway celebrations steaming Settlement to Federation along recorded at Blacktown During this year the society has sourced, scanned and saved on disk more than 500 Member Carolynne Cooper is keen to see The Blacktown & District Historical Society images, including all of the descriptions. this society involved in the NSW Railways is compiling a Pioneer Register for all Thank you to all of the generous 150th celebrations. The event will be people who lived or worked in the contributors. celebrated on the weekend of 15-16 Blacktown area from First Settlement to October. We will be loaning suitable Federation (1788-1901). The society is Thanks to the generosity of Bob McCallum photographs from our collection and will anxious to collect family names, dates of and the Bendigo Bank we will have a update members of details of the event in birth, death and marriage and where people computer, our entire scanned photo the next newsletter so watch this space! lived and worked in the area. collection and a printer available during the ‘The Kids of the Kurrajong’ exhibition. Read all about it in colour If you have any link with Blacktown in the 1788-1901 period, contact Jan French on Funding boost Although this newsletter is printed in black (02) 9674 9745 or Maureen King on (02) and white, it is prepared in colour. If you 9836 0159. Thanks to the hard work of our secretary would like to see a colour version we can Valerie Holland, the society is pleased to arrange to email the newsletter to you as a Fee rise announce hat we have been successful in pdf file. If you have an email address and our application for funding through the would like to receive a colour copy contact Membership renewals are included with this Volunteer Small Equipment Grant. The Jennifer Stackhouse on her email newsletter. Our over 75 members will notice society has received $2735 towards the [email protected]. If you register a slight increase in fees to cover increased purchase of a laptop computer and digital your email address with the society you will postal costs. This fee rise was recommended camera to enable us to continue to record automatically be included in email updates, and passed at our AGM last year. Ordinary local history. notes and reminders. and household membership fees remain unchanged. Making your mark with history Constitution reviewed Digital archiving update Please make it a priority to write on the back When the society became an incorporated of your photos, while you can remember the body it adopted an off-the-shelf constitution Joy Shepherd reports that the Digital details, and most importantly, the date. But called the Model Rules, provided by the Archiving Project has been working do it with pencil, not pen, so that the photo Department of Fair Trading. While useful overtime in 2005. Much of the impetus is will not be damaged. There are special to get the society established the committee due to Joy’s hard work and also that of pencils available that are recommended for felt the constitution needed to be adapted several society members including Val Birch this task. They are high wax pencils called to better suit the needs of the society. and Valerie Holland. We have been really Staedtler Chinagraph Pencils numbered A subcommittee headed by our public grateful for the help of our two hardworking 808. Joy Shepherd has procured some in officer, Frank Holland, has now reviewed assistants Faith and Jody, who have been bulk at a good price, and is happy to provide and revised our constitution. A draft constitution has been prepared for consideration. Society members participate at the opening of the new library The draft constitution will be circulated to Left: Ian Henry pipes Hawkesbury members with the September newsletter, City Councillors and the Chief prior to the Annual General Meeting on 25 Librarian into the new library at September. It must be adopted (or not) at a its official opening at Windsor on Special Meeting of the society. This will be 6th June 2005. [Photo by Joy held immediately after the AGM. If you Shepherd] have any queries about the draft constitution contact Frank Holland on 4573 2226. Max and Gwen Doyle honoured Society members Max and Gwen Doyle Right: Val Birch as part of the were recognised in the recent Queen’s human chain of 360 people Birthday honours list with the award of an passing the final books from the Order of Australia Medal. The Doyles were old to the new library. [Photo by honoured for their long and outstanding Joy Shepherd] contribution to the local community. Congratulations Max Doyle OAM and Gwen Doyle OAM. - Page 2 - RICHMOND - KURRAJONG CONNECTION WALK A highlight of the tour was the visit to ‘Eulabah’ 1, a home next to St Andrew’s Church. Once the home of Rev. Cameron it The ‘Richmond-Kurrajong In 1836 Town built the Woolpack Inn at is now the beautifully restored home of Mrs Connection’ was the title of the North Richmond on land also leased from Maggie Kable, who allowed the group to Kurrajong Comleroy Historical Rouse. Prior to 1830 Town purchased a view the downstairs area of the house. An Society’s Lunch Club outing held on piece of land from Bell, part of which he outstanding feature of the house is the cedar 14 June, 2005. Mary Avern, a well- gave to build St Phillip’s Church of staircase with its large stained glass window. Previously this house was the Richmond known identity who has lived in this England, where the foundation stone was laid in 1859.
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