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Front Cover: Corner of Marsden and Pudman Streets c 1900. c Streets Pudman and Marsden of Corner Cover: Front

Liberator of Ireland’. of Liberator

‘Daniel O’Connell — — O’Connell ‘Daniel dedication the read and above windows

in the heart of Boorowa, look to the stained glass glass stained the to look Boorowa, of heart the in

When you enter the magnificent St. Patrick’s Church, Church, Patrick’s St. magnificent the enter you When

connections with a twinning charter. twinning a with connections

Today Boorowa and Clonoulty acknowledge their their acknowledge Clonoulty and Boorowa Today

and growth of the area. the of growth and

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planned to occupy. They were later granted a ‘Ticket of of ‘Ticket a granted later were They occupy. to planned

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transportation, to from Clonoulty in in Clonoulty from Wales South New to transportation, Hume

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the area on ‘Ticket of Leave’. They had been sentenced to to sentenced been had They Leave’. of ‘Ticket on area the

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Burrowa Hospital Burrowa

Rye Park Rye

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46 . is district the of population The

2,690 ♣ 16 11

Reid’s Flat, Rugby and Rye Park. Park. Rye and Rugby Flat, Reid’s Frogmore

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. . of population a has and River Boorowa 1,350

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metres above sea level, situated on the the on situated level, sea above metres is Boorowa 489 ♣

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kilometres from . from kilometres and Canberra Reid’s Flat Reid’s 299

kilometres from from kilometres is Boorowa of town main The 111 ♣

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of New South Wales. Wales. South New of

kilometres and is situated in the Region Region Slopes West South the in situated is and kilometres

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square square of area an covers Council Boorowa The 2,600 ♣

The Boorowa district The Irish connection Irish The district Boorowa The Boorowa

Morgan’s memories follow the Shamrock Boorowa Post Office Trails

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Photo E.A. Lumme, ManduramaCollection, NLACanberra Boorowa ♣ 1 Stroll the main street – 25 minutes ♣ 2 Walk around the town – 60 minutes The first Court House Hotel (on right) as a single storey building ♣ 3 Explore old Burrowa – 75 minutes in Pudman Street

‘In the 1850’s Burrowa was the furthest south-west Photo E.A. Lumme, ManduramaCollection, NLACanberra settlement and all around the country was like a forest.’ ‘Streets were not formed in Burrowa till about 1874. Before that there were only blazed tracks, fences were unknown’. ‘The first hotel in the town was Tim O’Brien’s where the (former) Convent was built. Alongside was a Copyright 2001 Boorowa Inc. Historical andDistrict Society store, owned by the same man — both built with slabs and a bark roof.’ ‘Hennessey’s West End Hotel was close to where Ryan’s Bakery stands (corner Market and Pudman Streets) but facing Market Street. Next door was a bark Hancock cash store (Later part of Wentworth House) building that was replaced by Learmont’s first shop before The Boorowa and District Historical Society Inc. is most they moved to Marsden Street. (Model Store). Next to the appreciative of the support and assistance of the store was the Commercial Hotel and next to that a store following in the preparation of Follow the Shamrock Trails: This guide has been assisted that later became the Bank of New South Wales. The bank Boorowa Council later reversed its frontage to Marsden Street.’ Griffiths & Young Design with funds received from the Boorowa Over 160 Years Of White Settlement by Helen V. Lloyd Extracts from Benjamin Morgan’s Memoirs published in The owners and occupiers of the mentioned properties and the New South Wales Centenary the Burrowa News 19 October 1934 citizens of Boorowa of Federation Committee Reprinted by Boorowa Council April 2008 16 George Patterson Store ♣♣ Photo E.A. Lumme, Mandurama Collection, NLA Canberra Marsden Street looking south c 1882 NT Follow the Shamrock Trails One of the few buildings constructed of pise (rammed mud) known to still exist in a commercial precinct. The building has around Historic Boorowa had many uses including that of an undertaker. The building opened as the ♣ Trail one – 25 minutes Boorowa Museum in 1975. Open Saturday ♣ Trail two – 60 minutes 10.00am – 12 noon, or by appointment. ♣♣ ♣ Trail three – 75 minutes 17 Royal Standard Hotel 1880 NT Women’s Association from 1937 to 2000. 36 Oriental Bank ♣ 1879 NE National Estate The last hotel to be built in Boorowa. First During World War II the building housed a The Oriental Bank operated here until its NT National Trust a single-storey structure, the second floor Silk Knit factory. suspension in 1884. The building was then was added in 1905. Note the different 27 Boorowa Railway Station ♣ 1914 occupied by the Commercial Bank until brickwork at the side and the original N The residents of Burrowa first petitioned for 1893 when it too was suspended. The footpath flagging. The last additions were ➤ a railway line in 1869. Their request took Union Bank purchased the property in in 1924. The name was subsequently 45 years to be realised with a spur line 1898 and operated here until 1930. The changed to Boorowa Hotel. To being built from Galong. The passenger Bank and outbuildings remain as and Young 18 Star Hotel ♣ 1867 NT service was discontinued in 1983 and the constructed including the streetscape The name was changed to Clonoulty in station demolished. The railway continued signage. Private residence. 1874 by the third licensee William Corcoran to transport grain and wool until 1987. The 37 Carpenter’s Arms Hotel ♣ c1860 after his home village in Ireland. The hotel twin silos built in 1929 are still used for Successive licensees gave it a different became a boarding house in 1895 and is grain storage. name – Telegraph, Burrowa, Farmer’s Arms now restored as a private residence. 28 St. James Church ♣ 1885 and finally the Queens Arms when it was ♣ 19 Glenara 1866 NT The Presbyterian Church opened in 1885 purchased by the licensee of the first hotel This Victorian Georgian six bedroom and the adjoining manse in 1890. On the bearing that name. The original building residence was built for the owner of the formation of the Uniting Church the church was demolished in 1914 to be replaced Burrowa Union Flour Mill. The building was closed in 1982 and the property sold. by a weatherboard structure. The hotel retains most of its original features. Private residence. closed in 1925 and was then used as a boarding house and later as a general i ♣ ♣ 20 Mill Manager’s House 1866 29 St John’s Church 1862 NT store. Private property. Police This picturesque little cottage was built for The Church of England used 70,000 locally 38 Court Street ♣ the Manager of the then adjoining Flour made bricks and 9,000 feet of timber. Mill. The cottage remains in its original Some of the stained glass windows were Original main street of Burrowa. This double-storey building was a produce ✚ form as a private residence. donated by the Hume family. A resident Hospital store that was enlarged in 1927 to 21 J.J. Kershaw Store ♣ 1883 clergyman was appointed in 1866 and the rectory built in 1875. The lych gate was accommodate a farm machinery business. Unique for its time, this store had a pine added in 1928 as a First World War Next was the billiard hall (vacant block), planked footpath and stone guttering, later memorial. Open daily 10.00am – 5.00pm. then the White Rose Café. Further along to be replaced by flagstones. The interior was the barbershop, a haberdashery, the To Yass ♣ was remodelled extensively with timber in 30 Burrowa Public School 1870 drapery store, which under previous 1 Court House ♣♣♣ 1884 NT 7 Burrowa News Printery ♣ 1936 Mayor (1889–1890 & 1904–1905) Behind 1907 and remains in this condition today. The initial school, now part of the occupiers had been a dentist and a residence, was a single classroom with an gunsmith. On the opposite side the first Judge Forbes presided on the first case in The Burrowa News was first printed in is the current council building which was Entry to river walk enrolment of 50 students. School fees Post and Telegraph Office can still be seen January 1886. It ceased to function as a 1874. This building, housed the paper completed in 1956. ♣ 22 St. Patrick’s Church 1855 were ninepence a week for a single behind the Ram and Stallion Hotel. court house in 1988 and is now the Tourist from 1936 to the war years. The masthead Entry to river walk The site of the first Catholic church student to one shilling and ninepence for Information Centre and an Arts and Crafts was changed to the Boorowa News in 39 Municipal Chambers ♣ 1909 12 Central Hotel ♣♣ 1912 which was built from stone rubble with a a family of four. A new public school of Shop and Tea Room. The original court 1951. The original name remains on the shingle roof. On Good Friday 1865 a two classrooms was built in 1892 with Boorowa was proclaimed a municipality in fittings remain. Open daily from 10.00am building façade. The first hotel built on this site was the 1888. Six aldermen were appointed the Harp of Erin in 1876. The slab and portion of the ceiling fell on worshippers. additional rooms added in 1934. The to 5.00pm. ♣♣ following year and met in the Mechanics 8 J.J.Cummins Building 1919 galvanised iron building was destroyed by Though repaired it was decided that a new name was changed to Boorowa Central ♣♣ Institute. A prize of five pounds was 2 St. Patrick’s Church 1877 Mr. Cummins was a builder, carpenter and church was needed. The church has School in 1958. fire in 1911. This double-storey building awarded to the designer of this building. Presbytery (1864) – Convent (1885 – now furniture manufacturer. Additions were decayed with time. ♣ replaced it and was named the Central 31 The Laurels c1860 Council first met here on the 10th January, a private residence) – St. Joseph’s School made in 1922 and 1927 to accommodate ♣ Hotel. The hotel closed in 1998. 23 Ellerslie c 1880 This house was built for the Stevenson 1910. The names of the first six mayors (1888). The church has outstanding his expanding business. In 1951 a fire A notable owner of this house was Dr. Le family who were influential in the town’s appear above the door. The Council moved stained glass windows and marble altars. destroyed the timber yards and residence. Fevre who practised in Boorowa for 40 commercial life and also owned Wentworth to new facilities in 1956. The south windows, above the main years, retiring in 1947. He was related to House. This colonial-style house retains the entrance, were imported from Ireland in 40 Boer War Memorial ♣ 1901 the explorer Hume’s family through original detached kitchen, servants’ 1881 and depict Daniel O’Connell, the marriage to Vera Hume in 1912. Their quarters and stables. Private residence. George Tom Cooper was a member of the Liberator of Ireland, with the saints Patrick, house is typical of a townsman who was NSW Bushman Contingent in the Boer Bridget and Columbia. Open daily. 32 Wesleyan Church ♣ 1869 “comfortably off”. The detached kitchen is War. He was killed in action on the 3 The Dairy ♣ 1854 NE still noticeable though it has since been A tea meeting in 1867 raised 60 pounds 12th October, 1900. This memorial was towards the ultimate cost of 363 pounds. paid for by public subscription. This rare slab dwelling was the residence connected to the house. Private residence. In 1902 it became a Methodist Church and of one of the town’s first dairymen. The ♣ Photo courtesy 24 Wentworth House 1885 in 1977 a Uniting Church. The Church was house was in two sections – living quarters Anything and everything of the best quality restored in 1996. The adjoining parsonage, at the front and amenities at the rear.

could be purchased here. Once the most which is now a private residence, was built Boorowa News These are still clearly visible though they significant emporium in Burrowa, it was a in 1917. Church inspection by appointment. were connected in later years with more grand renovation of a neglected hotel. The living space. The slab shed at the rear was 33 Shamrock Cottage ♣ c 1850 Murphy Brothers building was almost destroyed by fire in moved from the adjoining block. The house ♣♣ The site of the first Queens Arms Hotel, ♣♣ 13 Murphy Brothers 1919-28 1914. A reminder of its splendour can be was named Dendavilleigh by the current 9 War Memorial 1933 NT and changed to Shamrock Hotel in 1877. The original slab and iron store (c 1880) seen in the two-storey section on the owners. Private residence Constructed of local bricks, Western The slab and pise hotel has been was replaced in two stages by builder J.J. eastern side, with its wrought iron Australian jarrah flooring, Queensland demolished but the licensee’s cottage and 4 Post Office ♣♣ 1876 Cummins. Note the beautiful custom made enclosed balcony. The single-storey section The Rotunda maple windows and a doorstep of a storage building at the rear have The original Post Office (1874) adjoins this counters and the unusual interior-lit lead was rebuilt in 1915. Hawkesbury sandstone this eye catching survived. The storeroom is probably the building and is now a private residence. It light in the ceiling. 41 Boorowa Recreation Ground ♣ monument serves as the focal point for 25 Royal Hotel ♣ 1860 oldest building still standing in Boorowa. was originally known as the Burrowa Post ♣♣ 1850 Anzac remembrance and the RSL meeting 14 Model Store 1918 This is the oldest hotel in Boorowa and The hotel was the start and finish for the Office but was changed to Boorowa in room. Note the clock uses the ANZAC Many of the town’s early businesses faced retains its initial structure including the town racecourse. Private property The survey of 1850 set aside 95 acres in 1914 to conform with the other public letters instead of numerals. Market Street. The Learmont Family built footpath of sandstone slabs. It was a the centre of the town for recreation. The buildings. 34 Mill Cottage ♣ c 1854 this double-storey building to replace their single-storey building until 1925 when a reserve was divided by Ryan’s Creek and Entry to river walk This bluestone building was constructed 5 Guild Hall ♣♣ 1909 store in Market Street. It has 17,000 second floor was added. The hotel guest dedicated in 1881. You are invited to rest ♣♣ beside one of Boorowa’s two flour mills. Built for the Holy Catholic Guild, it was used 10 Union Bank 1930 square feet of retail space. Note the list boasted many prominent people of the a while – BBQ, child play facilities and First used as a residence it was later for social functions and later the Empire The bank commenced business in Burrowa central staircase to the galleried upper time including John Dunmore Lang and public toilets are provided. (1878) converted to a bakery. The Theatre. The Guild also conducted the St. in 1885. This building, opened in 1930, level and the stained glass windows. Banjo Paterson. The hotel was renamed ♣ remnants of the baking ovens can still be 42 Market Street 1850 - 1880 Patrick’s Day Carnival. The building is features a central arch, which was the the Ram and Stallion in 1989. 15 Bank of New South Wales ♣♣ seen. Private property. Stroll back up Market Street and let your basically unchanged. distinguishing feature of their branches. 1909 26 Mechanics Institute ♣ c1883 imagination wander. In the early days of The merger with the Bank of Australasia in 35 Webb & Crego’s ♣ 1862 6 Crown Inn ♣♣ 1853 The bank opened in Wentworth House in Established to ‘educate and elevate the Boorowa this was the main street. There 1951 created the ANZ Bank. This branch Henry Webb and John Crego had a store The original hotel was a little further down 1866. It later moved to Market Street and tone of the town’ the Institute boasted was a large two-storey general store and closed in 1996. constructed of local bricks on this site. The Pudman Street. The inn changed its name subsequently to a bungalow style building 2000 books by the year 1900. It was a other shops, the Telegraph Office, the Bank ♣♣ store had 16 rooms and an outbuilding to to the Court House Hotel in 1866 as local 11 Shamrock Base facing Marsden Street. This building is still popular venue for social functions and of New South Wales, a builder and the store dynamite, which is all that remains court sittings were held there. The present This base marks one hundred years of visible behind the extension to the street later the town’s first picture show. In 1901 Commercial Hotel. The remaining today. Their best known customer was building was constructed in 1908. local government in Boorowa and added in 1956. The bank was renamed Banjo Paterson spoke at a political rally. monument to those early entrepreneurs is bushranger Ben Hall, who outfitted himself commemorates Patrick Ryan the first Westpac in 1981. The branch closed in 2000. The building was occupied by the Country a few sections of brick wall. at gunpoint in 1863. Private property.