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Bredbo
Contributed
by
Jen
Swales
<janese-at-bigpond.com>
09.10.06
Bredbo Village.
33 klms or 17 miles from Cooma.
Discovered in 1823 by Brigade Major John Ovens, Captain Mark Currie R N.
Captain Curries’ description of the area was, ‘It was strangely treeless, and had a great expanse of rolling rich grass lands.’
It was no wonder that squatters rapidly settled the area. Bredbo Township would have developed to support the squatter’s runs.
Gold being discovered near by would have helped the area thrive.
The Bredbo Inn when first established would have been a used as a stagecoach stop and Inn. Train travelers would have used the Inn in those early days.
The Bredbo inn was established © 1836. The Ware family had the Inn in the 1870’s
Coggin family had the Inn in the early 1900’s.
Reputed to be visited by Mark Foy, Banjo Patterson, and Anthony Horden. And probably a few bushrangers, shady characters, the squatters themselves any visitors to the area and those that were passing through.
William Branwhite Clarke was responsible for the gold discovery in the area. Born in Suffolk, he had a master of arts from Cambridge University and abiding interests in literature and geology. He became an Anglican clergyman but wrote poetry and papers on geology.
W.B.
Clarke.
1875…The
first
post
office
opened.
1882…A
school
was
established.
1888…Bredbo
was
gazetted,
became
a
village.
1889…Was
an
exciting
year
for
the
village,
a
railway
linking
it
up
to
Sydney
and
Cooma.
1889…There
were
8
houses
in
Bredbo.
1903…
The
General
store
was
built.
Still
standing
today.
Now
known
as
the
pancake
parlor.
Some of the families that lived in or around the Bredbo area.
William
Bradley
had
the
‘Ballebalaing’
property.
Family
Bowerman
Edward
Joyce.
Shepherd.
John
Cody.
Shepherd.
James
Collins.
Shepherd.
Peter
Connelly.
Shepherd.
John
Gayner.
Shepherd.
F.
C.
Robinson.
Shepherd.
Edward
Joyce.
Labourer.
James
and
Martin
Brogan.
Farmers.
View
from
the
church
overlooking
the
Bredbo
village.
BREDBO
CEMETERY
Bredbo
Railway.
Now
a
private
home.
Bredbo
rail
tracks
now
disused.
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