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KYBEYAN
Kybeyan Homestead
Charles Throsby was the lessee. Cattle were the main livestock
run there and this probably applied until the 1930s when prevention for
liverfluke, blackleg and black disease was available. From then on both sheep
and cattle have been grazed in the Kybeyan area. Somewhere between 1900 and 1936 an American - Mr Kramer -owned or leased Kybeyan and ran cattle on it as summer country for Rose Valley at Bunyan. Ron Mould bought Kybeyan in January 1936 - having been shown the country by his father-in-law - Harry Rose. The country was subsequently cleared and sown to improved pasture. Henry and Wendy Rose now live at Kybeyan. Submitted by Wendy Rose kybeyan@hotmail.com
COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF NSW - LETTERHEAD KYBEYAN BRANCH Miss Merle Mould Dear Miss Mould, I was listening to your talk on the wireless this morning and heard your reminder to all branches if they had anything for discussion with the executive regarding building etc. I don't know if Mr or Mrs Mould have been talking to you about our Hall. Here is a brief outline in case they haven't. Mr Mould has bought Mrs Herbert's old home which goes under water shortly (Eucumbene Dam). Half of the home is for Con Wassink the other half he has given to us to build our hall. There will be enough Oregon weather-boards, linings and half the flooring, roughly $1000 worth of building materials. We pay for the moving (carting), the other half of the dance floor, iron, cement for foundations and rafters. We have nearly 300 pounds in the bank, and a woolshed dance to be held this month. We have been promised money as soon as we start to build, so I think we could very easily get the 400 pounds. We hope to start the foundations on Saturday, if all the locals turn up for our working bee. Doug and Les Batten are out at Herbert's with Con Wassink and Reg Thew, pulling the linings etc out ready for dismantling the walls. I expect Doug back tonight as he has to feed sheep tomorrow. We are on the look-out for two carpenters to get started straight away, as we don't want the material spoilt, especially the lovely floor. Once things are left laying around it will get damaged. We may have to borrow 200 or 300 pounds to pay the carpenters, but Mr Mould said we would soon get 4 or 5 persons to back us with the bank. Through Mr Mould's goodness it looks as if our dream will come true much sooner than we had ever hoped. Could you also explain to the executive, that all this has been done in a hurry as the building will be going under water. We finalized matters last Thursday at a special meeting. Do you know if there will be any bus or some sort of transport for the Group Conference in October. I was very disappointed at not going to the council meeting, so will go to the Goulburn if I can get there. Mrs Ried said there will be a bus from Canberra but this is no good for all the branches down this way. Mrs Mould said you had a nice time in Ceylon. Hope to see you sometime in the future. Give my regards to Mr and Mrs Mould (Senior) Kind Regards, |
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