Gunning & District Historical Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, 20 September 1933 The celebrated cueist gave a very impressive exhibition, and it is expected that the local standard of play will improve as a result. After being formally introduced by Dr. W. M. Barbour, president of the institute, Lindrum engaged Mr M. Lawton in a game of billiards.  Lindrum soon accustomed himself to the run of the table and compiled a break of 318, the last hundred being knocked up in four minutes. He later scored 106 and 77 unfinished. Mr. Lawton got some difficult cannons, and made breaks of 37 and 22. Mr. Lindrum also played snooker matches with Messrs. E. B. Worden, T. Taylor, J. Power and A. Maher. His best breaks were 42, 35, 32 and 31. At the conclusion of the matches, Lindrum's trick shots amazed the audience. This remarkable cueist, who only recently attained the age of 21 years, made his first thousand break at 18, scoring 1324. He holds the world's record for snooker with a break of 139, potting every b...

Yass Street, Gunning in 2005 (Photo by Peter Ellis CC-BY-SA-3.0) The following description of the town of Gunning appeared on page 2 of the Goulburn Herald and Chronicle  on 3 November 1875. This is one of the best primary sources indicating the locations and uses of the buildings in the main street and surrounds, many of which remain in existence today. The full article can be viewed on Trove . Town and District of Gunning The houses of Gunning were described not long since by a writer in the  Town and Country Journal  as the "pig-sty style of architecture;" but were he to visit the neighbourhood now such a charge would no longer be a fair one, such extensive alteration and improvements having been made by most of the leading townsmen that Gunning has become almost a new place. Nestling in a pretty valley surrounded by low hills, on a tributary creek of the river Lachlan, the traveller comes upon the town almost before he is aware of it -- a turn of the road...