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Avisford (Co. Wellington) 32°44’S. 149°29’E., 19 km SW of Mudgee, on Meroo Ck; orig. Meroo Creek; defunct; goldmining and grazing; earth tremor 1862; mines: Hampden Hill 1875, 1890, 1898, 1900, Maitland Bar (incl. Great Western Pioneer, Little Wonder, Queen of Shebah, Sailor’s Gully) 1920s and 1934-36, Tuckers Hill (incl. Band of Hope, Foleys, Hit or Miss, Hogan’s or Ida, Reef Hill, Sucks All, Turn of Tide) <1975, 1888, 1895, 1898-1908, 1914-17, 1928, с.1935, 1951, 1955; PO 1853; Presb. C.; PS, closed 1858; school 1860, 1865-68, 1882-1924; stamper battery (Stephen Tucker); telephone 1925; TX 1928; Wes. Meth. C.; pop. 130 (1861), с.279 (1866), 74 (1891), 120 (1901), 93 (1933)1 .
References
1
Simpson, Phillip. Historical Guide to New South Wales. North Melbourne, Vic: Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, 2020, p. 24.