...a place in the KellyGang story
Albury is on the River Murray on the boarder between the colonies of Victoria and New South Wales and on the main inland route from Melbourne to Sydney.
First Doctor , Dr Creighton of Doctors Point, arrived in 1841
First Albury Cup horse race 1844
First postmaster appointed 1847
Cricket ground (Alexandra19/8/1876)
First courthouse built 1847
First paddle steamer arrived in Albury, the Albury, 1855
Border Morning Mail first published 1856
Albury was linked to the capital cities by electric telegraph by 1858.
Albury Hospital opened in Thurgoona St 1861.
Hamilton Hume memorial (T&C13/4/1872)(Alexandra19/8/1876)
Union Bridge 1861 (T&C13/4/1872)
Mechanics Institute 1864
Horse race meetings (OMA18/1/79)
Riverine Association 1864 (wanted a new colony)
Public Library 1870
The Albury show (Argus14/10/78)
Would the railway line from Melbourne end in Albury or Wodonga (Argus22/8/68)
It would be better if the Wodonga Albury road was fixed up (Argus18/1/70)
wine industry around Albury (T&C19/3/1870) (T&C1/4/1871)
Albury railway station - line from Sydney completed 1881 (line from Victorian side arrived in 1883)
Representatives from Albury attended a major meeting to plan for the coming of the railways (Argus15/7/67)
The
basic lay out of the main town area had been completed.
It was also clear that Albury rather than Wodonga was the regional commercial centre with many more shops and other services.
The railway ran from Melbourne to Wodonga and from Sydney to near Albury
W.Davidsons saddliery (Eustace & McCulloch) established 1874
What did the town look like; a visitor looks around the town (T&C26/3/1870) (T&C13/4/1872) (Alexandra12/8/1876)
The Botanical Gardens were opened in 1877.
Albury Banner owned by George Adams, (founded by Samuel Blackmore)
See also (T&C5/4/1873) (T&C27/4/1872) (OMA18/1/79)
Bridge between Wodonga and Albury, problem (Argus22/1/79)
Auctioneer WA Terrance (T&C2/10/1875)
Moore and Waller (T&C13/4/1872)
Brewerys G. Leish and Co's, O’Keefe’s and Thomson's (T&C13/4/1872)
O'Keefe (Alexandra19/8/1876)
Builders A Frew (T&C13/4/1872)
Butchers Kyle and George Hall (Alexandra12/8/1876)
Doctors
Dr Robert Newberry Cobbett
Dr Berkeley W Hutchinson
Dr Jeffery J Keatinge
Veen's lemonade factory (Alexandra19/8/1876)
Coach factory EG Robinson (Alexandra19/8/1876)
Hayes Flour Mill
(T&C13/4/1872)
Burrows Flour Mill
Newspapers Independent Press (T&C25/9/1875)
Banner (T&C13/4/1872)
Border Post
Shops TH Mate & Co (Alexandra19/8/1876)
James Higgins (T&C13/4/1872)
Jones(Alexandra19/8/1876)
Loebel (T&C2/10/1875)
Madine and Roe drapers (T&C13/4/1872)
William O'Callaghan (T&C2/10/1875) (Alexandra19/8/1876)
Wolfe Cohen, watchmaker, Higgins draper (Alexandra19/8/1876)
Husing, watchmaker
(T&C13/4/1872)
Hunter's ironmongery (T&C13/4/1872)
Mechanic's Institute (T&C13/4/1872)
School of Arts
Albury Hospital, Mr A Wallworth (T&C13/4/1872)
Pastoral and Agricultural Society
Building Society
Masonic, Oldfellows and Foresters Lodges
Catholic Benefit Society
Temperance and Rechabite Society,
Races
Mr Thorold president (T&C13/4/1872)
There was a problem with Mr Whitty
and his horse. (Argus27/1/79)
Wine cellars JT Fallon, Greer , J D Lankester (T&C19/3/1870) (T&C26/3/1870) (T&C13/4/1872) (Alexandra19/8/1876) (T&C13/5/1871)
Telegraph operator MH Kelly (T&C13/4/1872) M'Gaurin (Alexandra30/3/1878)
Customs Office John swyny, P Joyce (T&C13/4/1872)
Lots of stolen Victorian horses and cattle were taken over the boarder into New South Wales and sold at Albury by the KellyGang and their supporters in the late 1870s
In October 1878 Nicolson and Sadlier were sent on a goose chase to Albury on the day the KellyGang robbed the National Bank at Euroa. They arrived in Wodonga about midnight and heard about the robbery when they got to Albury. (RC2011)
Sup Singleton was in charge of the police in Albury during the hunt for the KellyGang.
See races at Albury, fire in town (OMA18/1/79)
J Liddle, S Mudge (Argus15/7/67)
William
Moffitt, the bank clerk dies in accident with revolver held as precaution
against attack by the KellyGang (Argus)
T H Mate (T&C13/4/1872) (Alexandra19/8/1876)
JH Kirkpatrick (T&C13/4/1872)
James M'Laurin MP (T&C13/4/1872)
Mr George Day, JP, Messrs Thorold. Mofit, North, and Lockhart (T&C13/4/1872)
Captain Marcus Brownrigg - Magistrate (T&C13/4/1872)
Mr E Brown
Mr JH Wood
Mr J K Crommelin
George Day (T&C13/4/1872)
Mayor W M H Edmondson, Esq , and the Council Clerk - Mr S. Mudge. Aldermen M'Lellan, Day, Kirkpatrick, Jones, Solomon, James Day, Liddle, and Gulson (T&C13/4/1872)
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