Free Settler or Felon
Tamworth Time Line
1827 - 1870
1827
In May Allan Cunningham travelled from Segenhoe in the Hunter Valley over the Liverpool Ranges to the Peel River
1831
Bushranger George Clarke apprehended for cattle stealing
1831
Sir Thomas Mitchell entered the Peel Valley by the old stock route through the Peel Range. He met Joseph Brown at 'Woolomin', camped at Goora (Somerton) and crossed the' Nammoy' (Namoi)
1832
Sir W. Edward Parry accompanied by Henry Dangar, Charles Hall and William Telfer travelled from Port Stephens via the Hunter Valley to examine the area recommended by Henry Dangar
1836
Shearing commenced at Peel River. Before this facilities were not set up at the Peel and the sheep were driven along the track known as the Peel Line to Port Stephens.
1837
Crown Lands Commissioner Alexander Paterson. Headquarters at Jerry's Plains
1838
The Australian Agricultural Company imported 30 mules and 12 drivers from Valparaiso. They were used to take wool to Port Stephens
1839
Richard Stubbs established a Store at Tamworth
1840
Thomas Byrnes became Tamworth's first Postmaster
1841
Australian Agricultural Company headquarters at Goonoo Goonoo
1842
Magistrate Francis Edward Bigge shot at by bushrangers George Wilson and Thomas Forrester
1844
Border Police establishment removed from quarters on the Peel River to Tamworth
1848
John Campbell appointed Chief Constable at Tamworth Bushrangers Roach and Gregory captured near Tamworth
1851
Gold discovered on Swamp Oak Creek by Buchanan and Lucas on a grazing run leased by Nathaniel Burrows a former convict who arrived on the Florentia in 1828
1852
Edward Hargraves appointed gold Commissioner for Hanging Rock
1852
Gold discovered at Bowling Alley point by two Port Stephens men Laurie and Renwick.
Church of England Parsonage built at Tamworth
1853
Caledonian Hotel built at Tamworth
1853
Ashton's Circus performed at Hanging Rock
1854
Gold rush at Happy Valley
Hanging Rock Gold Diggings 1854
Oakenville Creek 1854
1855
Tamworth National School opened by John Crawford
Tamworth';s first bank opened. Bank of N.S.W. Manager Shepherd Smith
Travelling from Sydney to Tamworth in 1855
1858
Dr. Richard Jenkins first local man to be elected to Parliament
1858
Tamworth's first Chemist, David Goodwin
1858
Tamworth's first solicitor William Smith
1859
James Barnett, Tamworth's first watchmaker and jeweller
1859
Flour mill established in Tamworth by Charles Armstrong
1861
New Court House built at the corner of Peel and Darling Streets Tamworth
1861
Tamworth connected to Sydney by telegraph
1862
Harness and saddle maker B and G. Moses
1862
George Denshire appointed the first full time Postmaster
1862
Travelling picture show in Tamworth. H. Jors showed 20 lantern slides in the Daniel O'Connell Hotel
1863
Foundation stone laid of Presbyterian Church, Marius Street. Tamworth
1864
Record floods. Northern part of the Peel River bridge washed away
1865
Murder of Celia Butler at Bowling Alley Point
1866
Henry Aiken established a General Store
1866
Population of Tamworth 650
1867
Tiger Brewery established. Tamworth
1870
Nathan Cohen established a soap and candle factory Tamworth
Notes and Links
Oakenville Creek 1854 The illustration represents a scene of very frequent occurrence at these diggings. A stray clergyman is performing divine service in the open air to an attentive audience, among which may be perceived a sprinkling of native blacks. While the parson is perhaps settling dialectically some knotty point of controversy, two men in tile back ground are settling pugilistically some old quarrel or disputed claim. For such affairs, indeed, Sunday is set apart as the regular settling day- especially during the absence of the efficient Commissioner, Mr. King.In and Around Tamworth - Town and Country Journal - 1906
To Tamworth by Coach in 1871 - Town and Country Journal 1871
An Australian Gold Digger - Paul Prisk - Nundle Town and Country Journal 1889