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Walcha area is thought to have been occupied by the Ngayaywana and Dyangadi Aborigines prior to European settlement.
1818 John Oxley was the first white person to discover Walcha area
1818 falls discovered later named Apsley Falls.
1832 Hamilton Collins Sempill was the first white settler in the New England area when he took up the 'Wolka' run in 1832
1832 slab huts were built where 'Langford' now stands.
Other early runs around the district were
1834 Bergen-op-Zoom
1836 Ohio
c1836 Europambela
1836 Surveyor’s Creek
c1837 Emu Creek
c1837 Ingalba
1837 Orandumbie
1837 Tiara
1837 Winterbourne
1841-1843 severe drought and low demand for wool created hardship for many early settlers.
1848 Walcha run was 64,000 acres (260 km2) in the lease of David Lanarch.
1854 Walcha was sold to Rundle and Dangar who held the for Jamison and Connal.[2] Later John Fletcher acquired Walcha and moved from Branga Plains to Oorundumby. After being sold in 1905, Oorundumby was resumed for soldier settlement in 1947 and subdivided into 22 holdings.
A ‘wool’ road to Port Macquarie (the Oxley Highway) was under construction in 1842 for the transportation of wool from New England to the coast.Walcha Post Office opened on 1 July 1850.[3] The mail arrived from Macdonald River (now Bendemeer). Walcha was gazetted as a village site in 1852, when town allotments were sold, with annual sales following. At that time there was a blacksmith's shop, a general store and a flour mill. A Roman Catholic chapel was erected in 1854, a police station and the first Presbyterian church was built in 1857 and the Walcha National School in 1859.
In 1861 the population was recorded at 355 and the Anglican church was built in 1862 of stone taken from the demolished homestead, 'Villa Walcha', erected on the Wolka run in the 1840s. The old church has fine stained-glass windows which bear tribute to some of the town's pioneers.
The population dropped in the 1860s but the town soon began to grow for two reasons: firstly, red cedar getters were active in the area's rainforests by about 1870. Gold was discovered near Walcha in the 1870s at Glen Morrison, Tia, The Cells River and Nowendoc. Antimony, copper, graphite, manganese, silver and high quality slate was also mined in the district.
On 5 April 1878 Walcha was proclaimed a town, when it was gazetted, the boundaries defined and a courthouse was built. A rail link to Sydney and Uralla opened at Walcha Road in 1882. The town became a municipality in 1889. On 19 March 1890 the Walcha Pastoral & Agricultural Association was formed. This annual show has excellent exhibits of livestock, produce, vegetables, flowers, wool and handicrafts. Walcha Cottage Hospital founded in 1890 and was situated on the southern hill in South Street. The Shire of Apsley was constituted by proclamation on 7 March 1906. It is in the counties of Vernon, Hawes, and Inglis and comprises about 60 parishes. The area is 1,605,590 acres (6,497.6 km2). The Shire of Walcha was constituted by the Union of the Municipality and the Shire of Apsley as from on 1 June 1955.
Other district villages are: Niangala, Nowendoc and part of Woolbrook with settlements at Brackendale, Glen Morrison, Ingalba, Tia and Yarrowitch.
History was made at Walcha in 1950 when a Tiger Moth was the first aircraft used to spread superphosphate by air in Australia. The ‘super’ was dropped on Mirani and other landholders soon followed suit to greatly increase the livestock carrying capacity of the district.
In 1992 the Walcha Telecottage was established to become the first telecentre established in Australia. The Telecottage is a not for profit community with the latest information communication facilities, in order to activate interactions between the local communities and to create employment opportunities. This Telecottage carries out not only the fundamental types of work such as job training, remote education, secretarial service and data analysis, but also Internet access service for individuals and small companies. Walcha Telecottage produces a weekly community newsletter, the Apsley Advocate, which is free and delivered to over 1,600 commercial and private addresses.[4]
During 2008 Walcha recorded one of the state's highest rises in property values at 20 per cent over the last 5 years, according to a report from Australian Property Monitors.[5]

The Register of the National Estate listed, Langford, Thunderbolts Way, Walcha, NSW

The Register of the National Estate listed, St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Walcha, NSW
The local buildings and objects of natural, indigenous and historic significance listed on the Register of the National Estate includes the following:[6]
Apsley Gorge National Park (1977 boundary), Oxley Highway
Betts Farm, Irish Town, Thunderbolts Way
Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, now known as the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (Hastings-Macleay Group)
Europambela Homestead including outbuildings, grounds and Cemetery, Moona Plains Road
Langford Homestead, Garden and Cemetery, Nowendoc Road
Ohio Homestead, Ohio Road
Rowleys Creek Gulf Nature Reserve
St Andrews Anglican Church (former), South Street
St Andrews Rectory (former) including garden and trees, Fitzroy Street
St Pauls Presbyterian Church and Fletcher Memorial Hall, Hill Street
The Hole Creek Nature Reserve (1977 boundary), Winterbourne Road
Walcha Courthouse, Apsley Street

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20110701 Fri 13:38 :-

IrishTown Walcha seems to be the name of area settled by people from Ireland on each side of Bergen Op Zoom Creek

on each side of the road to Uralla wherein

most of what is in photo showing

Bergen Op Zoom Creek

seems to be what was known as Irish Town Walcha.

It would be good if someone could do a map

showing where photographed items

were at IrishTown Walcha.

People residing / owning land at

Irishtown Walcha included :-

James Wall

Thomas Wall

20110715 Thursday 08:38:-

There has been no response to communications to some other people lately.

Things that need to be ascertained include :-

Education of forebears :-

It seems :-

a) children of :-

i. John & Margaret Ann Wall nee Woods were educated to 6th class level

ii. Marcus Beer was educated to at least 6th class level

then Bathurst Ag College where he received education in woolclassing

then went of world trip on ship

where Marcus married a woman

he met on the ship then realised

she would not fit it with his family at Gunnedah so they divorced at a Commonwealth location before returning to newly

rebuilt Beer Family home at 16 Henry St Gunnedah Beer home

in time for Christmas 1932

What is unknown was

education of forebears before 1908

It seems John T Beer was well educated

It was not known level of education of :-

1. John Wall

&

2. Margaret Ann Wall nee Woods

Some people coming from Ireland

could not write and could only mark

"X" on forms like marriage certificates.

Any assistance in determining

above would be appreciated

Beer Family Tree /

Wall Family Tree

at West Pennant Hills 2125

have tried to share information with others

but problems from others include :-
1. others have not :-
i. provide their email addresses

ii. responded to emails

iii. responded to our snail mail correspondence to them

iv. responded to recorded messages

we have left on their telephones.
2. others are saying the snail mail was not received
[but letters snail mailed to them were each
in envelope with return address on reverse
and these envelopes have not been returned
proving letters have been delivered to their addresses]
3. person/s said that person/s does not want to :-

a) share information

b) discuss it

c) communicate at all.

All of above the above problems

were never experienced from

family members belonging to

generation just now passed away and
are not what would be expected in a family of today

which is trying to have actual facts recorded.

West Pennant Hills 2125

20100608 June 2010

Mr Bob Beer
178W Croudace St

Walcha 2354

Bob
Entered to the following have been photos you forwarded together with other items relating to Irishtown Walcha.
Items held by

Historical Society of NSW Library at

133 Macquarie St Sydney are not worthwhile because they say

20c per A4 Black & White page to photocopy
then when you go to pay they say

that will be 22c per page plus $5.50 for using the library.
From

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20100711 Sunday 19:30-20:30 SBS TV Sydney there was

"Who do you think you are"

family tree program where

Torres Straight Islander

located her grandfather

who had fought in WWII

keeping Australia from being taken by Japanese

when he was only paid 1/3rd of what Australian soldiers got paid

so he fought the decision of less pay

which he won 6 years after he died.

Jo is trying to establish timeline e.g. :-

.1799/1800 William Wall born in Ireland

.1808/1809 James Wall born in Ireland maybe Waterford

.1834 to 1858 David William Jamieson erected in Walcha flour mill, store, smithy, etc

.1839 James Wall m Judith d/o Hogan

.1839 "Albert" departed Ireland

.18400107 "Albert" arrived at Sydney

.1842 William b1799/1800 Wall arrived in Sydney on ship believed to be "Sir Charles Napier"

.1850s William 1799 Wall lived with James b1808 or 1809 Wall at Togolo

.1852 William 1799 Wall married Christiana McPhee from Gundy

at home of Christiana McPhee's father

Donald McPhee at Barnard River

.1855 approx & onwards William 1799 Wall worked for Myall Creek station

.1889 William 1799 Wall died at Myall Creek aged 89 in arms of daughter Annie

.18400107 James & Judith Wall arrived in Australia on "Albert" ship
.1848 to 1851 James & Judith were at Tuggalo

.18410519 Thomas Wall had been born to James & Judith

.18410519 Catholic Priest from West Maitland baptised Thomas b1841 Wall at Mrs Darby's place Cressfield 6 miles north of Scone
.1840s Catherine Wall born to James & Judith Wall
.1852 from "Togolo" James was best man at William Wall's wedding to Christinana McPhee from Gundy

.Catherine Wall married ? Peter ? Dignam

1872 Greville list for Walcha list includes :-

Connal John Grazier Englebar

Dignam David Farmer Irish Town

Erratt George H Storekeeper Walcha

Jamieson D W Grazier Villa

Jamison William Farmer Englebar

Macanemey T Farmer & Carrier Irish Town

McHatton Alexander Farmer Owendumbie

Nivison Abraham Grazier Ohio

Norton Edward Grazier Tia

Sweeney Barney Farmer Irish Town

Wall James Selector Owendumbie

Wall John Selector Owendumbie

Wall Thomas Selector Owendumbie

.James Wall paid 42 pounds for 42 acres of land at Irishtown Walcha

.2 miles west of IrishTown Walcha it is believed there was gold

.18780503 James Wall died from exposure to the cold at IrishTown Walcha

.1880s is believed to be when John b1866 Wall acquired "Broken Pole"

.18881125 Judith Wall died at "BlackSprings" Walcha

home of Catherine Dignam nee Wall. "Black Springs" is believed to have been on Aberbaldie Rd 2km south west of Walcha Post Office
.19001105 Ernest William McPhee b Hillgrove

.1906 is date on land titles including "Stud" "Lower" "Shed" "House" Paddocks for John Wall Junior which he named "Fairlea"

.house on "Broken Pole" was moved to adjacent to well in "House" paddock
.1908 Lionel Beer born son of John T Beer

.19090308 Benedict John Wall born at Walcha

.19090316 Marcus Beer born at Mullaley son of John T Beer

.19110228 Mary Wall born at Walcha daughter of John & Maggie Wall

.19151125 Jack Beer was born son of John T Beer

.1922 approx Lionel Beer died from blood poisoning after accident

.1923 Ellen w/o Thomas 1840 Wall d at Glen Morrison bur Walcha Catholic Cem
.1924 Thomas 1840 Wall d at Glen Morrison bur Walcha Catholic Cem

.1928 approx Beer home 16 Henry St Gunnedah burnt down

.Marcus Beer passed woolclassing course at Bathurst Ag College

.1932 around the world cruise by Beer Family member/s including Marcus Beer

.1932 16 Henry St house was rebuilt

.1932 Marcus aged 23 married a woman on the ship. Marcus later realised his new wife would not fit in with his family at Gunnedah so they divorced on that cruise when the ship called to a Commonwealth Port

.19321225 Marcus returned to 16 Henry St from overseas

.1933 John T Beer's mother died aged 93 approx

.1935 Phyllis Beer married Fred Carpenter

.1936 approx after working at CBC Bank Inverell Fred Carpenter with wife Phyllis moved to live at 40 Redmyre Rd Strathfield

.19400810 Rugby sedan passed inspection

.194010 Fairlea 220 ewes shorn + 535 = 755 sheep shorn 22 bales

.19401214 approx Mary Wall married Marcus Beer at St Marys Cathedral Sydney

Marcus with help of Ben built Fairlea woolshed & fence around Fairlea homestead

.1941 James Allan William Barbour m Janet Maria White at Coffs Harbour

.1942 approx Ben photographed at front of Fairlea

.19420308 Bob Beer born

.19420415 sheep count Top Paddock 256 Broken P 18 Fathers 53 Marys 183 lambs Stud Paddock

.19420916 John Wall d

.1942 Maggie Wall died

. Jim Barbour loading grain had pneumonia
.19420902 James Allan William Barbour died age 22 yrs 4 mths d Coffs Harbour

.19430921 John Beer born

.19440122 approx Mal Carpenter born

.19440614 Maggie Margaret Ann Wall died

.1945 March USA planes bomb Tokyo killing about 100,000
.19450530 Mrs Wall gave birth to son at Mater Hospital Crows Nest

. doctor told Mrs Wall not to visit Ben in RNS Hospital North Sydney

. Mrs Wall visited Ben

.1945 leaders from countries including UK & USA state bomb has been prepared & they put ultimatum that Japan must surrender or face swift obliteration

.19450701 till 19451212 Marcus Beer working in Qld

.19450801 approx Mary Bob John Beer went to Barcaldine Qld

.19450806 1st atomic bomb "little boy" dropped on Japan killing about 100,000


.19450809 2nd atomic bomb dropped on Japan killing about 100,000

.19450809 3rd atomic bomb prepared to drop on Japan

.1945 Hirohito decides at midnight meeting in Japan that Japan must surrender

.19450815 Japan surrenders ending world war II

.19450902 Japan's Hirohito formally surrenders signing documents on US ship in Japan harbour

.19451212 approx Marcus Beer stopped woolclassing in Queensland for Grazcos to return to Fairlea

1946 Fairlea Auction Clearance Sale

.19460506 Marcus & another man ?Darcy Lawler? visit Mary Beer in Walcha Hospital after Geoff Beer is born

.1947 Ernest James Nelson m Janet Maria Wall in Coffs Harbour

.19471016 Doug Beer born

On bad bend in road near Mullaley 44 gallon drum of fuel fell on arm of John T Beer which had to be amputated

.1950s Bob John rode bikes to Ingleba Scool

.1950s Biob John Geoff rode bikles to Ingleba School

.1950s Bob John Geoff Doug rode bikes to Ingleba School

.1950s May school holidays Carpenters came to Fairlea :-

.initially by train to Walcha Rd

.then they drove in their new Renault car where Beers met them about Wallabadah

.Marcus bought Ford Mercury

.1950 approx John T Beer visited "Fairlea"

.1953 John T Beer entered Coonabarabran Hospital for tooth removal where cancer was located throughout his body & he died 2 weeks later

.1954 approx 02:00am approx kitchen incident at Fairlea

.visitors returned to Sydney from Fairlea

.at night a rifle was taken from the house and a rifle shot was heard

.Marcus was living in the shearing shed

.In shearing shed Marcus built camping tables chairs etc then bought tent for annual camping holidays at Port Macquarie

.1955 January Bob and John went to DLSCollege Armidale
.Mercury was traded in on new Morris Oxford sedan

.1957 January John had double pneumonia went to Blackfriars Correspondence School 1957 & 1958

.19570521 Mary Beer born

.1957 Marcus gardening south of meat shed had headache would not allow doctors after days with head in his hands doctor came admitted him to Lewisham Hospital stroke

.Mary and John ran Fairlea including daily crutching of 20 flyblown sheep per day they bought washing machine powered by lawnmower engine

.Marcus returned from Lewisham installed generator & batteries (powered by washing machine engine) & had 32v electricity lights installed in Fairlea homestead
.1958 October John sat Intermediate Cert at Mrs Brazels home adjacent to Ingleba School

.1959 John painted Fairlea homestead

.1959 May was last time Carpenters spent May school holidays at Fairlea
.19590515 appr geoff seemed ok in photo at Fairlea
.19590602 John joined CBC Bank Tamworth where Robert T Bryen was Manager John Maxwell Ryan was Accountant was Security Clerk Colin F Leeson was General Hand David Carscadsden was Teller 1 Barry Blanch was Teller 2
.19600101 approx 21W Churchill ASt house erected on 1018 sqm land 11/16m x 70/63m
.19630701 Marcus reckoned education at Ingleba insufficient for Mary so Marcus sold his sheep and bought house at 63E Hill St from owner of Roberts & Sons Menswear shop

.1962 Feb Fairlea failed to sell at auction

.1963 August Fairlea sold with resulting

.19630810 clearance auction sale at Fairlea
.19640331 Ling Lou born

.19690412 Ernest William McPhee died on Armidale Rifle Range
.John went to Armidale to collect Ernie's personal effects including wallet
.John drove Ernie's Chrysler Royal from Armidale to Churchill St

19690413 approx at Ernie's funeral Pearly was noticed to be speaking slowly
.19690414 & onwards Pearly gradually deteriorated having to write things to communicate with people

.19700713 approx Marcus would not let go of kitchen door jam as Mary drove Marcus to Nazareth House Tamworth

.1970727 Marcus died in Nazareth House Tamworth age 61

.19700922 date of will of Mary Beer widow

.19710325 approx lying in bed in br1 of churchill st pearly squeezed johns hand so strongly she became unconscious admitted to walcha hospital where mary was with her as much as possible

.19710409 d of Pearly Ellen McPhee at Walcha Hospital cause never known

19720907 strart of Disability Support Pension Card for Geoff CRN204-837-852V when Geoff was age 26

.19800505 Saturday 15:00 approx G went to home of James Levingston said mother didnt wake where it was then established that Mary had died from coronary occlusion aged 69

.1980s & thereafter :-

.19810404 auction sale 173W North St house 40 yrs old 67'x313' $8,400.00 from est mrs rusden 2k from cbd 16k from rail

.19810906 estate spent to 19810906 on 173W North St $

.19810930 solicitors survey fire insce 1981 rates etc $
.costs buy house & upgrade by estate $ BL $ GTB $ HL $=$=$
.owing to estate on expenses on North St $ + BL $=$
.Connect sewer, install kitchen, laundry, toilet, bathroom, paint interior, cover all timber floor, electrician, etc. $

.less funds already provided $ share of estate $ $

.CBCTB year loan $ repayable $ per fort gross from pension $ pf

.CBCTB year loan $ balance to go to 752-885 balance today $

.19811016 JTRowe signed letter $ FDA approved %

.19811001 $ loan 752-885 requested in writing by Geoff

.19820308 21W Churchill St placed with Boultons.19820317 $ cr ELate M Beer wkg acc from BL GBeer

.19820506 JTRowe wrote re Est M Beer

.19820511 Uralla Mgr wrote to Walcha to tfr acc from Walcha to Uralla

.19820630 return lodged for year ended 19820630 form NAT 117-2-82 from 21 Elizabeth St Sydney :- "INCOME TAX RETURN - no tax is payable as the income shown on the return lodged for the year ended 30/06/1982 & no refund is due -19820630 - THE EXOR FOR THE ESTATE MARY BEER NORTH ST WALCHA 2354 - B Shirlaw Dep Com of Taxation"

19821027 RBeer statement insce inspection rates phone calls $9,416.94 plu,bing KHazel $1,750,

19821027 RBeer statement to GBeer costs of 173W North St house land house legals furniture

19821027 RBeer statement Electrical JW Gibson $780, Capentry Georke Rook $3,526 exclude

.19821027 RBeer statement exclide, fit kitchen cupboards Ozzie Kuhr $961.51, tiling labour $385

.19821027 RBeer statement Materials fittings incl vinyl sewerage electrical deposit $1,762.05

.19821027 RBeer statement lay ninyl Ken Thomas $30 exclude, Flick & Co $115

.19821027 RVBeer statement subtotal $18,726.50 plus costs paid to PWs, finance costs, costs to estate

.19830630 "A" form return dated 19831212 was lodged at the Sydney Office of Taxation file number 19830630 "A" form Tax file number Estate Executor

.19830630 "A" form Executor North St Walcha 2354 (as shown on the return for 6/83)

19830630 Est Tax return to 6/83 was a conpletely "NIL" return

.costs buy house & upgrade by estate $ BL $ GTB $ HL $ = $ less reductions made to

.costs buy house & upgrade BL $ final distribution of estate $ = $

.owing to estate on expenses on house $ + BL $ = $

costs to estate to buy house & upgrade by estate $ BL $ GTB $ = $ less amount provided by applicant

.costs to estate to buy $ = $ less provided by applicant $ + $ = $; final distribution of estate $ = $

.costs to estate to buy house & upgade by estate $ BL $ GTB $ = $ less amount provided by applicant

.costs to Est to buy house & $ = $ less provided by applicant $ + $ = $ final distribution of est $ = $

.owing to estate on expenses on house $ + BL $ = $

.19840119 Geoff posted pensioner rebate appln to council

.19840413 Beer GT Uralla NASB HL: % repaym $ pm

.19849323 Trustee received notice dated 19840319 "Est Tax File Number

Trustee TFN - the file # has been allocated to the trust for Dec Trustee make a record of this number so it can be shown on all future income tax returns Trustee - or quoted whenever it is necessary tp contact the Taxation Office about the tax Trustee - affairs of the trust B Shirlaw Dep Comm of Taxation"

.19840628 Final Notice to the trustee for Estate

19840628 Final Notice Estate North St Walcha 2354 ref DEFT
198407717 received by Trustee was 19840628 Final Notice

.19840717 Trustee replied to Defaults Group2, 7th Floor, Aust Tax Office, 7-13 Hunter St Sydney

.19840723 Trust address PO Box 115 West Pennant Hills 2120

.19841101 letter addressed to The Trustee for Estate
.Churchill House & assets were sold & distributed

. G Trust bought North St house (no water or sewerage connected) & G Trust upgraded it for G

.North St house was damaged

.Geoff was admitted to Tamworth Hospital

. G Trust repaired cleaned painted then sold North St house & funds went to Term Deposits / shares held by G Trust in Trust for G

.2002 approx heat from smoking caused spots on Geoff's tongue which were removed and they were clear of cancer

.2002 approx John tried to keep Geoff off smoking but no-one would agree

. Geoff kept smoking

.20020328 new trust laws resulted in new Trustee to be appointed

20020328 the first Trustee proposed would not sign by due date

20020330 other alternative Trustee signed by the due date so that person from

20020331 became the new Trustee

20020330 Broker told of new Trustee

2004 it was noticed sharehgoldings had not been transferred to new name of Trustee so

.2004 Trustee transferred name of shares etc to new Trustee in Trust

.2009 Tamworth Accountant emailed Trust claiming he was appointed Accountant for G

.2009 Parramatta Accountant said he would be Acct for Trust we gave him details

.Accountant in Tamworth said he was appointed Accountant for G

. G Trust's Accountant was advised of Accountant in Tamworth claiming to be Accountant for G

. Trust's Acct said who appointed Tamworth Acct to be Acct for G

.nothing further was heard from Parramatta Accts

.2009 Trustee for G arranged for Accountant known to Trustee to be Acct for Trust for G

.2009 new Acct listed what new Acct wanted for past 3 years

.2009 Oct what new Acct wanted was provided

.nothing heard from new Acct so followed up no response

.nothing heard from new Acct so followed up no response

.200100701 approx Geoff had lost weight doctor said loss of blood cells 5cm cancer located in lung

.20100715 Geoff signed will

.20100716 approx Geoff said do not tell John because John wanted Geoff to stop smoking

.it was not fair to not let T us know Geoff was dying

.20100717 approx Geoff admitted to Nioka Palliative Care Unit within grouds of Tamworth Base Hospital then went back to his unit then returned to Nioka

.new Acct followed up new Acct said see new Acct 20100810
.20100810 Tuesday :-

.06:08am approx Mary phoned Doug saying Geoff died

.06:18am approx Bob phoned John saying Geoff died

.20100810 Tue 11am new Acct said save $ by doing the work yourselves back to 1980

20100810 Tue we continued working 24/7 on above

2010100608Fri 18:00 Bob arrived to assist & continued 20101009Sat,10Sun,11M,12Tu

20101013 Wed Bob returned to Walcha

20110804 US Wall St sharemarket fell by about 600 points

20110823 Tue 23:59 balance sheet 20030630 20020630

20110824 Wed 11:18am ph call from Bob to 98733138