 
What's New Let's Chat:Robert Wilson and Catherine Robinson by Philip Scott The Eaton Family Tree by Sandy Eaton Made in Mudgee – from Jane Paterson to Granny Eaton A short story by Great Grandson Chris Eaton
Salute to the late Norman McVicker, OAM 1920 - 2012  "Some people are volunteer fire fighters, some rescue squad. I am too old to be fighting fires or rescuing people, so I do what I can do – I write the people’s history.... Chinese in Gulgong by Barbara Hickson In the exciting days of the Gold Rush, Australia certainly became multi-cultural. And one of the biggest cultural groups to make a significant contribution to the pioneers' life was the Chinese. Barbara Hickson speaks of their presence in Gulgong. Tracking The Dragon by Barbara Hickson (Part 1) In this series of Chinese nationals in the Gulgong region of Mudgee, Barbara tells us a bit of background on Chinese Names in the article, Chinese Anonymity. Then we have the history of Chinaman's Swamp in Coolah, and the Keys Market Garden in Mudgee In Part 2 of Tracking the Dragon Barbara tells us about the site of the capture of Chinese bushranger Sam Poo; the Chinese store at Cassilis and Winn's Market Garden, Gulgong.
Site of capture of Chinese Bushranger Sam Poo. 3 Chinese Store at Cassilis. 6 Winn's Market Garden, Gulgong Wong Gee's Grave, Sofala; Isle of Dreams, Sofala
Chinese in Sofala
Diane Simmonds contributes to the collection of Chinese history in the Mudgee region with a history of the Chinese people in Sofala during the gold rush.
Old Newspaper Clippings Collection Historical collector, Peter Simmonds' historic newspaper clipping collection. Historic Film Star Photo Collection Peter Simmonds' historic collection of film star photographs William Oxley By Paul Bech The story of William Oxley, Police Constable in Mudgee, and his murder. Murder and Mayhem Court Reports from The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW 1842-1954) Wilful Murder Stealing Manslaughter Highway Robbery, The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Patrick Malony, John Cain, and Thomas Odin, were indicted for stealing two saddles, two bridles, 17 California belts, and a quantity of other property belonging to Robert Fitzgerald, Ësq , M.C , at Reedy Creek, in April. 1852.
Reg and Jenny Franks, Local POW Camps and Mosquito Bombers
Learn about local prisoner of war camps and how Mosquito bombers were made from local timber that also supplied Slazenger tennis raquets.Kandos. Also how rice pudding challenged the war effort.
Folk Tales: Laura Wallis - local historian's great grandmother writes:
It was fine then till Saturday night and we had it (heavy rain) again. We slept under the dray and water was running under us and over us.
A letter home to England of a woman's incredible journey to the goldfields at Maitland Bar.
CRESP FAMILY COLLECTION Photos from their farm in Boinka Victoria
80 year old, Norah Kendall has collected the Cresp family photos together and shares some photos of a winnower from the old family farm at Boinka, Victoria.
St Matthew's Catholic Church, Botobolar
St Matthew's celebrated the 100th anniversary of the laying of its foundation stone in 2000
An Historical Tour of Appletree Flat
You could pass the historical gems of Appletree Flat in a moment on a drive from Mudgee to Sydney, unaware of what you are driving through. Take the time to drive there and really look at the surrounding scenery and hear its historical ghosts talking to you.
Railways - Capertee, Mudgee, Gulgong
The coming of the railway to Capertee, Mudgee, Gulgong
Elsie Winter's Memoirs of a train ride to Sydney
Cooyal's own lady bushranger, Mary Ann Bugg and her Captain Thunderbolt.
The romantic story of an educated Aboriginal woman, Mary Ann Bugg, the wife of well known bushranger, Captain Thunderbolt, Fred Ward. Read about this incredible woman and her infamous legendary husband. It is said Captain Thunderbolt would never have survived without the 'power behind the throne', Mary Ann Bugg.
More bushranger information
More about bushrangers, cattle duffers and stagecoach holdups in the Mudgee region.
Folktales - Don Hobbs' Trip to a Bushranger's cave
Don takes us by horseback from Nullo Mountain to Mount Pomany to see the remains of an old bushranger's cave.
More Mudgee Poems About Us written by Diane de St Hilaire Simmonds
Dreamtime Poems
We are of one spirit poems of reconciliation written by Diane de St Hilaire Simmonds.
New Aboriginal Family History Page
The editor of this site is seeking to add a new section on Aboriginal family history for in the Mudgee region to help families find their relatives. If you have some information, no matter how small, please send it in to this site on info@mudgeehistory.com.au and we will see if we can provide the links to help find our Aboriginal heritage.
Also in this section, we have new information on Diana Mudgee.
Also in this section, tracing the family tree of Mary Ann Bugg
Sofala Churches
Capertee Village
The history of Capertee
Historical names of the Capertee families. by Mickel Cowie
The Village of Sofala
Gold at Sofala
The Village of Hill End
James Watsford 1st Mail Coach Driver over the Blue Mountains
Cobb & Co Change Stations around Mudgee
Cobb & Co at Sofala
The Wiradjuri People by Mickel Cowie |
| This article is submitted to us by Mickel Cowie. Mickel went to primary school at Charbon in 1939-42 and has since been a regular visitor since then to Rylstone; Kandos & Dunns Swamp and maintained contact with friends in the area and keenly interested in the history of the area. He is of Aboriginal descent through his maternal Madge Green (Lambert) line and the GGG Grandson of Peggy Lambert. Also posted on this site: Information regarding the descendants of the Green Family and the descendants of Peggy and Jim Lambert has been posted on this section.
Let's Chat
A new section for readers to help each other search out family history and other historical matters, and for researchers to add their findings.
Pearson's Lookout - was it named after a cyclist?
Great Grandmother Pearce.
More on Peggy and Jimmy Lambert
More on the Mawbey family and Jimmy Governor.
Marjorie Partridge of Kandos
Sarah Beames/Gardiner
Aboriginal Ancestors on Winburdale and Brucedale near Bathurst
James Watsford, first mail coachman
Thomas Graham Wilson of Burrundulla and Waler Horses ...and more...
Diana Mudgee
Aboriginal Family Research page | | | | Poems About Us | | Henry Lawson's poems about the Mudgee region, plus Diane de St Hilaire Simmonds' local poems, plus poems by readers.Henry Lawson Poetry about the Mudgee District. Frank the Poet, or Francis MacNamara.
| | Wiradjuri and other Aboriginal Tribe links |  | There were two aboriginal tribes in the Triamble, Macquarie River region. The Aboriginal name for the Macquarie River was Wambool, meaning ‘meandering’. The tribe Thomas Charles Codogan Sutter first encountered in early 1830 was the Waradgerie tribe, and no instances were ever recorded of them attacking the early white settlers.
| | Can a button challenge Blackman's discovery of Mudgee? |  | Wal Ellison and his wife discovered an old soldier's button while metal detecting south of Mudgee along the Cudgegong River. He has done some research, and believes the button was lost by the original owner, who was a soldier of the 73rd Regiment on Foot, who were in the colony between 1810 and 1814, working from Newcastle. Mr Ellison thinks the find might just challenge traditional records that Blackman was the discoverer of Mudgee. Read the account and make a comment.
| | Triamble Valley Aboriginals |  | There were two aboriginal tribes in the Triamble, Macquarie River region. The Aboriginal name for the Macquarie River was Wambool, meaning ‘meandering’. The tribe Thomas Charles Codogan Sutter first encountered in early 1830 was the Waradgerie tribe, and no instances were ever recorded of them attacking the early white settlers.
| | Aboriginal Elder of Mudgee | | A few miles north of Rylstone, the Great Dividing Range swings eastward, enclosing the fertile, almost treeless flats of the Cudgegong River. Where these flats give way to the rugged mountain country surrounding Nullo Mountain, in the small valleys that lie beneath Mount Never Never and Mount Kelgoola, many early settlers made their homes.
| | The Gold Rush and Cobb & Co |  | On the Mudgee, Eurunderee, Home Rule and Gulgong run, Cobb & Co were allowed 120 pounds per annum extra to convey the mails on from Gulgong to Mudgee immediately after they arrived at Gulgong, by a buggy or other light vehicle. This run was transferred from John Randell in 1883 to Cobb & Co.
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Passages to the North-West Plains | | The Colonial discovery and occupation of East-Central NSW, 1817-26
OXLEY, HOWE, LAWSON AND CUNNINGHAM MUDGEE, MERRIWA, AND MUSWELLBROOK
Incorporating an extended discussion of the armed conflict between Aborigines, settlers and police in the Hunter Valley, 1825-26; By MICHAEL O’ROURKE
| | Local Character: Don Hobbs | 
| | Everyone in the Mudgee district would agree Don Hobbs is slightly eccentric, but they would also agree that he has a heart of gold and is there to help any community event he can. |
| Website Launch |
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| Norman McVicker OAM, Launched this site on the 20th February 2009 |  | | The history of the Mudgee region is being transformed by the age of information technology. Our history is to be online on a web site created by Diane Simmonds. I have been researching and writing a column about local history for over twenty years for the Mudgee Guardian. Once read, it disappears into archival catacombs. That is about to change and local history will be available at the flick of a switch. The technique is not new but this method of recording allows the surfer of the net to have information available 24 hours a day. That is new-- and I am pleased to be associated with the project. I hope the community will also readily adopt this revolutionary approach of “history at your fingertips” and its easy accessibility for everyone—young and old. Better still the web site is open for contributions. So I would urge would be historians to remember--what happens today is tomorrow’s history and needs to be recorded as it occurs. Mudgee has needed this web site for a long time. It is with considerable pleasure and gratification I launch the website into space for all to enjoy. About Norman McVicker (Click here) Budgee Budgee on the other side of Mudgee (Click here)
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The Mudgee Valley IntroductionMudgee District Local History is a service that tells the story of the second region settled west of the Blue Mountains, a district with a fine tradition of heritage that is preserved and valued.
Mudgee is the Orana district, meaning welcome; the name Mudgee meaning ‘nest in the hills’ according to local Wiradjuri Aboriginal tradition. The region covered in this history includes Gulgong, Rylstone, Kandos, Cassilis, Ulan, Lue, Hargraves, Grattai, Windeyer, Wollar, the Turon, Bylong, Capertee, Hill End, Ilford and Sofala.
The region snuggles in the foothills and tablelands of the Blue Mountains, the rolling hills and mountain peaks preserving the secrets of yesteryear — and the district is rich in a heritage of the Wiradjuri nation, gold mining, Australian wool production, cattle and horse breeding and more recently fine wines, honey, olives and fine food, art and culture. Information about these genres and more will be added to the site as it grows.
The Mudgee region still retains many of its original villages, steeped in family traditions and local character. The villages are made up of generational families and newcomers, the first influx in the 1970s and 1980s of alternative lifestylers, or ’blockies’; the more recent semi-retired tree changers, but all bringing a multitude of art, craft, and entrepreneur skills, giving life and colour to the image of who and what we are as a community.
This is our story.
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