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Spiro Bennett

Museum ConnectionsJanuary 17, 2023168Views

When Spiro and Ann Bennett (nee Carroll) posed for this photo in front of their shop in 1872, they can hardly have imagined that life-sized cut outs from the same image would be standing in the American Tobacco Warehouse on Mayne Street over 150 years…

Golden Age

ResearchJanuary 11, 2023137Views

With the discovery of payable gold on Red Hill in 1870, came opportunities for all. No matter who you were or where you came from, if you could get to Gulgong you had a chance to find "wondrous treasure". And it was a golden age for hoteliers.…

Blanchard The Butcher

ResearchDecember 2, 2022148Views

This story has enough intrigue for a Netflix biopic, but don't worry, Blanchard was an actual butcher and not a serial killer or blood-thirsty murderer. He was so nice, in fact, that he went on to be Mayor of Gulgong! Alfred Blanchard can be seen in at…