The first bridge over the Oolong Creek at Dalton village a few years after its official opening in 1896 [ Photo: Lisa Wiseman, Gunning Landcare Blog / CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 AU ] By Guest Blogger, Garry Norman Smith My family history research – working title: "The View Across Oolong Creek" – focusses on the Alchin family which came to the colony of New South Wales aboard the Palmyra in 1838. Ambrose Alchin (1800-1877) brought most of his family to the area towards the confluence of Jerrawa and Oolong Creeks in the early 1850s. Ambrose and his sons John Alchin (1821-1901) and William James Alchin (1827-1913) were land holders on Oolong Creek from the 1850s. The site for the town of Dalton was not yet fixed. The announcement of the town was made in 1862. Notice of Town of Dalton, NSW Government Gazette, 27 June 1862 (No.109), p. 1143 Given the preponderance of Wesleyans in the area – including the Alchins -, the name “Wesley Vale” was suggested for the town but ...
Upper Lachlan Shire, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales