THE OLD DAYS - PAST HISTORY RECALLED Old Dubbo Stations CATTLE DUFFING - Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent (NSW : 1887 - 1932) - 16 Jun 1930 (original) (raw)

Past history of the Western dis

trict, is recalled by "Merrigal" in

the "Australasian." The older resi

dents of the Dubbo district will

doubtless remember some of the

instances and stations mentioned,

and their memories will be taken

back to the old days when the

pioneers blazed they way through

Writing of some of the old stations,

The holdings which were watered by

the Macquarie — the Watobool (winding

river) of the blacks— and situated be

tween Wellington and the Mole, were

the most Important and best known.

Two of the earliest were Gobolyan

(plant and edible roots), and Mur'rum'-

bis'ge'rie (very good place), Gobolyan,

two miles from Wellington, was taken

up by Judge Wylde. Ben Boyd ac

quired it later and worked it in con-

junction with Minorr (why or where),

which was farther down the Mac-

quarie, Alexander Campbell and Samuel

Browning were others who had it, and

then Phil Myleoldane. It will be best

remembered, however, as the home sta-

lion of John Andrew Gardiner, who

won an A.J.C. Derby with Trenchant.

The father, and afterwards the son,

owned as well Derri Derri (willy wag

tail), on the Mole, and El'lengerah,

near Warren. El'lengerah was first oc

copied by Hubert Lawrence Dulhunty,

in the Forties, just a short time after

they had taken up Dubbo station (Dub

bo inclining head covering), after which

the town of that name was called, and

of which formed a part — the scene

was ehanned, for some of the land

whereon the Dulhunty's merinos mean

dered has been sold in recent days at