Dubbo is located in the Central West and Orana area of NSW, about 396 km from Sydney (246 miles). Dubbo was founded in 1841 but has a deep Aboriginal history.
Tubba-Gah (maing) Wiradjuri PeopleAboriginal people have occupied the central west region of NSW for thousands of years. From the time of European contact, there are various names and numbers recorded of Aboriginal clans in the Dubbo area.
The Tubba-Gah are a local sub-group (clan) of the Wiradjuri people.
In some sources, the word "Warrie" is used for "one of the mobs of the Dubbo area".
Aboriginal scarred trees (dendroglyphs) can be found around Dubbo. David Bell (1980) carried out a location study and recorded their place on the landscape.
Bark was also removed from trees to make tools, string, water containers, for shelters, shields and canoes.
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| New South Wales Aborigines. SCENES AT A RECENT CORROBOREE, Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Saturday 3 December 1898 |
Aboriginal people of Dubbo use the word "Tubba-Ga". Edward Garnsey, who grew up in Dubbo in the 1940s, refers to "Dubba-Ga" people: Edward Josiah Garnsey, A Treatise on the Aborigines of Dubbo and District, unpublished manuscript, 1942, State Library of New South Wales
The Wiradjuri are a large language group extending over a considerable area of New South Wales, comprising numerous sub-groups.
The territory of the Tubba-Gah is believed to lie to the east of the Macquarie River, south of the Talbragar River and north of Eulomogo Creek. Campsites moved frequently and were mostly near major watercourses. There is no consensus regarding border with other clans.
Aboriginal people of the region lived in bark shelters arranged in a semi-circle, with openings to the east, arranged around a central fire. Men occupied shelters to the north, women in the centre, and children to the south. Aboriginal stone artefacts have been found 200 m west of the Macquarie River.
Aboriginal scarred trees (dendroglyphs) can be found around Dubbo. David Bell (1980) carried out a location study and recorded their place on the landscape.
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| A carved burial tree from Wiradjuri Country outside Dubbo. This photo was taken in the early 1900s. Photograph: Clifton Cappie Towle. Image: Australian National Museum. |
Government surveyor and anthropologist R.H. Mathews observed and recorded the culture of the Wiradjuri. who he described as allied tribes mainly connected through language (1894).
A Wiradjuri Dreaming connected to the Aboriginal creation ancestor Baiami was enacted during a Burbung male initiation ceremony, and recorded by R.H. Mathews in 1896.
In 1946, Edward Garnsey wrote about Wirra-jah male rituals and body-markings, burials, greenstone axes and source, sorcery, cosmology, tribal organisation and word list.
Grinding grooves, to shape tools and spears, can be found in the region. Here
1813
Soon after the Blue Mountains were crossed by Gregory Blaxland William Wentworth and William Lawson in 1813, the road from Emu Ford to Bathurst, a distance of 163.3 kilometres, was designed and built by William Cox and finished by 1815, built mostly by convicts.
These restrictions were to limit the practice of squatting on Crown lands, and an attempt by the British Government, through the colonial office, to protect the remaining Aboriginal clans.
The first permanent settler was Robert Dulhunty who built a homestead on his property which he called “Dubbo”, said to be the Aboriginal word for “red earth”. However, according to A. Dulhunty, "Dubbo" means "a head covering" (1900).
Dulhunty departed Penrith with a party of about 40 Aboriginal guides between 1829 to 1833.
By 1839, 28 free men and 18 government-assigned male convicts had gone to work for Dulhunty on Dubbo station. Historian, Marion Dormer (1988) claims that Dulhunty's land was an Aboriginal camping ground. The first school in the area was a slab-hut built on the property in the 1840s. 
1840s
The Dundullimal run was established by brothers Charles and Dalmahoy Campbell about 1839. The homestead, built around 1840, is believed to be the oldest surviving slab hut house in Australia and is the oldest building in Dubbo. Dundullimal is an Aboriginal word meaning "thunderstorm" or "hailstorm"
By 1840, most of the river frontage, and country around Dubbo, had become pastoral runs.
One of the first Government buildings in Dubbo was the courthouse and lock-up constructed in 1847 (now the Old Dubbo Gaol). There was also a general store operated by a Frenchman and a hotel operated by a Belgian.
In 1946, Edward Garnsey wrote about Wirra-jah male rituals and body-markings, burials, greenstone axes and source, sorcery, cosmology, tribal organisation and word list.
Garnsey had an interest in Aboriginal cultures and recorded information from his father and from Aboriginal elders in the Dubbo area. He observed that red ochre was highly desired by Aboriginal people over wide areas of Australia.
1813
Soon after the Blue Mountains were crossed by Gregory Blaxland William Wentworth and William Lawson in 1813, the road from Emu Ford to Bathurst, a distance of 163.3 kilometres, was designed and built by William Cox and finished by 1815, built mostly by convicts.
George Evans had established a camp near the location of the present town of Bathurst. In two expeditions in 1817 and 1818, John Oxley described the Dubbo region.
Oxley wrote that he journeyed "over a very beautiful country, thinly wooded and apparently safe from the highest floods…."
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| John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1784 – 25 May 1828) was an explorer and surveyor of Australia |
The European concept of land use and ownership is entirely different to that of most Aboriginal people. Hunter-gatherers require access to large areas of land and and a different set of complex knowledge and skills. The land is also connected to humans and animals, rocks and rivers and trees (Animism). This led to a clash of cultures.
Charles Sturt travelled through the area in 1828.
1830s
Dulhunty departed Penrith with a party of about 40 Aboriginal guides between 1829 to 1833.
By 1839, 28 free men and 18 government-assigned male convicts had gone to work for Dulhunty on Dubbo station. Historian, Marion Dormer (1988) claims that Dulhunty's land was an Aboriginal camping ground. The first school in the area was a slab-hut built on the property in the 1840s.
1840s
The Dundullimal run was established by brothers Charles and Dalmahoy Campbell about 1839. The homestead, built around 1840, is believed to be the oldest surviving slab hut house in Australia and is the oldest building in Dubbo. Dundullimal is an Aboriginal word meaning "thunderstorm" or "hailstorm"
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| Built around 1840 as the head station of this 6,500-hectare (16,000-acre) squatting run, the Dundullimal homestead is believed to be the oldest surviving slab hut house in Australia, Dubbo, NSW |
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| Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thursday 30 October 1845 |
Frenchman, Jean Serisier, came to Australia in 1838. In 1847 he tried to set up a store at Dubbo but was refused permission by Robert Dulhunty, who owned the station. Serisier petitioned for a village nearby and bought several blocks in 1851. He ran a general store for merchant Despointes, and also became local postmaster in 1855.
The village location is related to its purpose as a staging post, a camping area and stock travelling routes (the Great North Road).
The first land sales took place in 1850.
Garnsey wrote that by the 1850s, many Aboriginal men of Dubbo were working as stockmen and trackers.
Dubbo lock-up officially proclaimed a gaol in 1859.
1860s
Population growth was slow in Dubbo until the gold rush of the 1860s.
The Minore Hotel first opened 1860 on the highway between Dubbo and Narromine. Later became a a Cobb & Co changing station.
The Royal Hotel was the first stone building erected in the fledgling town of Dubbo in 1863 on Macquarie Street. The hotel was a coaching stop for the Royal Mail Coaches.
Construction of the second Dubbo courthouse and gaol completed in 1863.
A sign on the Golden Highway between Dubbo and Dunedoo marks the site where bushranger Sam Poo, who acted with a sawn-off rifle and revolver, was captured on February 18, 1865. Read here
The Dubbo Dispatch was a newspaper published in Dubbo from 1865 until 1971.
John Dunn was an Australian bushranger who, after a fight with police, was wounded and captured near Coonamble. He was taken to Dubbo, and he escaped from custody, though closely guarded. Read more
In 1880 there were approximately 30 hotels operating in Dubbo.
The Main Western Railway from Wellington to Dubbo opened in 1881. A gasworks also opened. There were 29 hotels, three breweries.
Thomas Alexander Browne ("Rolf Boldrewood"), the famous Australian novelist, and author of Robbery under Arms, was transferred as magistrate and mining warden to Dubbo in 1881.
The Dubbo lock-up was a slab-hut connected to the courthouse comprising two cells and a guard room.
Dubbo was officially gazetted as a village on 23 November 1849. The original town plan was a square mile grid laid out to the east of the Macquarie River.
A report in the The Dulhunty Papers mentions an Aboriginal Corroboree:
"And the first corroboree held by the Macquarie tribe at Dundullimo will, I am certain, be remembered by Mrs Gillis, senior. She will remember going over one extremely dark night to Dundullimo, with a number of Europeans, to witness a corroboree in which from 600 to 800 blacks took part. And when the painted warriors made their appearance and commenced operations more than one of the spectators wished themselves at home. The same lady could bear testimony to the anxious days and nights passed in the quarry with several of their families including the Lord of the Manor, Lawrence Dulhunty, during what was for many years known as the big flood of 1844." Read here
1850s
The NSW Gold Rush started in 1851 bringing hopeful diggers from all over the country and the world.
The first Catholic Church was built in 1851.
A private school existed before a national school was built in 1858. The Anglican church and parsonage were built in 1859.
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| An early photo of Holy Trinity Church, Dubbo, NSW, before the bell tower was added. |
Population growth was slow in Dubbo until the gold rush of the 1860s.
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| The Minore Hotel first opened 1860 on the highway between Dubbo and Narromine, NSW |
Construction of the second Dubbo courthouse and gaol completed in 1863.
Only two stores and two hotels existed in 1864.
Cobb & Co. connected Dubbo to the north, east and west in 1865.
The first bank at Dubbo opened in 1865.
The Oxley Bridge, the first permanent bridge, was built in 1866.
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| Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Monday 28 May 1866 |
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| Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate |
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| CAPTURE OF THE BUSHRANGER DUNN, BY M'HALE, ELLIOTT, AND HAWTHORNE. Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1853 - 1872), Friday 16 February 1866 |
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| COURT-HOUSE AND GAOL, DUBBO, PLACE OF DUNN'S IMPRISONMENT, Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1853 - 1872), Friday 16 February 1866 |
The first bank opened in 1867.
The Dubbo Base Hospital was completed in 1867 but opened in 1870.
The municipal government was established in 1871.
1870s
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| The Commercial Banking Company Bank on Macquarie Street c 1870s. Photo - State Library of NSW |
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| Royal Hotel, Overland Stores & Mill, Macquarie Street - Dubbo, NSW, 1870 |
The town was proclaimed a municipality in 1872.
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| Macquarie Street, Dubbo. 1873. Loaded wool wagons in front of Jean Emile Serisier's store. Macquarie Regional Library |
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| Macquarie Street north, Dubbo, NSW. 1870-5 |
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| Macquarie Street north, Dubbo, NSW. 1870-5 |
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| Macquarie Street, looking south from Church Street, Dubbo, NSW - 1875 |
Thomas Newman was the first person executed for murder and buried in the Dubbo Gaol yard, 29 May 1877. Eight men were executed at Dubbo Gaol between 1877 to 1904.
1880s
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| Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932), Saturday 6 October 1877 |
1880s
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| Description: Dubbo Court House, NSW. Dated: c.1881, NSW State Archives |
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| Marcus Clark Store, Talbragar Street, Dubbo, undated, ANU |
The Dubbo rail Bridge over the Macquarie River opened in 1884.
The 1890s Depression and the dramatic fall in wool prices on the world market impacted Australia and the Dubbo region.
The third courthouse in Dubbo, on Brisbane Street, opened in 1889.
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| Dubbo Court House. Dated: 1889, NSW State Archives |
1890s
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| Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent (NSW : 1887 - 1932), Friday 4 March 1892 |
A flour mill opened in 1893.
A letter to the Sydney Morning Herald in 1896, described Dubbo about 1836:
"At that remote period Dubbo was a trackless sheep-walk occupied by those old pioneers, R., L., and Dr John Dulhunty. No more popular men with all classes could be found in Australia than Robert and Dr John Dulhunty. Lawrence was not such a general favourite. The Dulhunty brothers could have furnished some interesting reminiscences of the early days, when they had more than one encounter with Donahoe's bushranging gang and other 'knights of the road'. Some of the old hands round Dubbo will remember the day that the bushrangers 'Possum Jack', 'Quart Pot', and their gang stuck up Lawrence Dulhunty and took his horse, saddle, and bridle. When asked which of the Dulhuntys he was, he answered 'Dr John', to which Possum Jack replied 'It is lucky for you you are not your brother Lawrence, for we would shoot him."
There were 33 hotels in Dubbo in 1897 (1.).
In 1898 the Talbrager Aboriginal Reserve was gazetted, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Dubbo.
1900s
In July 1900, Jimmy Governor and Jack Underwood murdered four members of the Mawbrey family and a school-teacher. Altogether, nine people were killed, by Governor or his accomplices.
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| MACQUARIE-STREET, DUBBO, NSW, Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 23 May 1896 |
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| PICNIC RACES, DUBBO : RETURNING TO SCALE AFTER THE LADIES' BRACELET. NSW. Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 23 May 1896 |
"At that remote period Dubbo was a trackless sheep-walk occupied by those old pioneers, R., L., and Dr John Dulhunty. No more popular men with all classes could be found in Australia than Robert and Dr John Dulhunty. Lawrence was not such a general favourite. The Dulhunty brothers could have furnished some interesting reminiscences of the early days, when they had more than one encounter with Donahoe's bushranging gang and other 'knights of the road'. Some of the old hands round Dubbo will remember the day that the bushrangers 'Possum Jack', 'Quart Pot', and their gang stuck up Lawrence Dulhunty and took his horse, saddle, and bridle. When asked which of the Dulhuntys he was, he answered 'Dr John', to which Possum Jack replied 'It is lucky for you you are not your brother Lawrence, for we would shoot him."
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| NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE DUBBO COMPANY, 3rd INFANTRY REGIMENT. Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Saturday 24 December 1898 |
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| MR. T. LEWIS'S MODEL STORE. Dubbo, NSW, Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Saturday 24 December 1898 |
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| Post Office, Dubbo, NSW, Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 10 June 1899 |
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| Dubbo, NSW, Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 10 June 1899 |
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| Dubbo Lands Office, Dated: No date, NSW State Archives |
1900s
Jack Underwood was tried for the murder of Percy Mawbey at Dubbo on 2 October 1900 and was hanged on 14 January 1901. These events were the inspiration for novel “The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith” by Thomas Keneally.
WWI
Schools closed during the 1919 influenza pandemic.
Dubbo soldier settlement schemes.
1920s
Aircraft landed in George Smith’s dairy paddock. (now Smith Street).
1930s
The APA (Aboriginal Progressive Association) was established in Dubbo in 1937, by William Ferguson, Jack Patten and Pearl Gibbs.
The declaration of World War II in September 1939.
1940s and WWII
By June 1945 there were approximately 866 men and women personnel, both military and civilian, employed by the RAAF in its six sites in the town of Dubbo.
1950s
1960s
Dubbo Regional Museum opened in 1968.
According to Tindale (1974), the Dubbo area was occupied by the Wiradjuri-speaking Aboriginal people.
The Old Dubbo Gaol
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| JACKY UNDERWOOD, In Custody. Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Saturday 11 August 1900 |
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| Dubbo Fire Brigade-the latest in reel dispatch, NSW, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Saturday 29 December 1900 |
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| A farmers' church in the bush near Dubbo, N.S.W. - very early 1900s. Church served by the Bush Brotherhood. Aussie~mobs |
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| The Court House Hotel was located at 104-108 Macquarie Street, Dubbo, NSW. This photograph taken in 1903. |
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| Church of England GymnasiumClub, Dubbo, NSW.Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 19 August 1903 |
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| Dubbo coach driver, NSW, standing beside the Dubbo to Gilgandra coach in 1903 |
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| J. D. WILKINSON'S ROYAL HOTEL, DUBBO, NSW. Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| J. G. BROWN'S AGRICULTURAL AND MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS, DUBBO, NSW. Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| J. S. Sherry. P. A. Smith, James Deane, R. W. Jelf, W. Davey. Secretary. Vice-Pres Hon. Treas. J. A. Busby, Vice-Pres. G. H. Taylor, President. James Samuels, Trustee. Miss Links, Assist. Librarian. J W. Sillar, Vice-Pres. J. H. Ritter. Vice-Pres. SCHOOL OF ARTS COMMITTEE. J. G. BROWN'S AGRICULTURAL AND MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS |
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| DUBBO DISPATCH" OFFICE, NSW, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| DUBBO HOSPITAL, NSW Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| C. W. GREGORY'S GENERAL STORE, DUBBO, NSW. Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| G. FLYNN. DUBBO, NSW. Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| JOHN HUNTER AND SON. DUBBO BRANCH, NSW, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| COURT-HOUSE HOTEL. DUBBO, NSW, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| Nurse Peerman. Miss A. E. Marsden. Matron. Nurse Patrick. Nurse Matthews. Nurse Bridger. J. VV. Sillar, Vice-Pres. G. H. Taylor, President. J. A. Ryan, Vice-Pres. Nurse Findlater. Dubbo Hospital, NSW, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| JAMES G. BROWN'S STORE., DUBBO, NSW. Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| Bank of NSW, Dubbo, NSW, (built 1876 ), Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| Dubbo Railway Station, NSW, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| Talbragar St, Dubbo, NSW, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| Macquarie St, Dubbo, NSW, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905, |
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| The Australian Joint Stock Bank, Dubbo, NSW, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905, |
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| Bank of Australasia, Dubbo, NSW, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| Overland Store, Dubbo, NSW, Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 26 July 1905 |
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| Dubbo Show, NSW, Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Wednesday 8 May 1907 |
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| lady judges and stewards, Dubbo Show, NSW, Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Wednesday 8 May 1907 |
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| Railway Station, Dubbo, New South Wales - circa 1910, Aussie~mobs |
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| Title: Dubbo Public School - Training School for Physical Education. Dated: c.1910, NSW State Archives |
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| Town Hall in Dubbo, N.S.W. - circa 1910, Aussie~mobs |
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| Collecting donations on "Hospital Saturday" in a ca. 1910, Rover car - Dubbo, NSW, 1912, State Library of New South Wales |
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| DUBBO DISTRICT SCHOOL WHICH HAS BEEN REMODELLED OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY.Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Wednesday 13 November 1912 |
WWI
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| Arrival of the Gilgandra recruits in Dubbo. NSW (it was raining). Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Wednesday 20 October 1915 |
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| Officers at the Military Camp at Dubbo, NSW. The picture shows, immediately in front, Lieutenant Dugmore; seated, I reading left to right, Captains Ley, Cooper, Burkett; back, Lieutenants Jenkins and Lorton.Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Wednesday 20 October 1915 |
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| WW1 Recruits at the army camp at Dubbo, N.S.W. - 1916, Aussie~mobs |
Dubbo soldier settlement schemes.
1920s
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| Dubbo Dispatch Newspaper office, NSW, c1920 (SLNSW) |
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| Macquarie Street, Dubbo. Dated: 1920s, NSW State Archives |
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| Title: Dubbo High School. Dated: 1924, NSW State Archives |
1930s
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Dubbo Common area was known as "Bagtown", as families camped there in roughly made tents. (may also have included Aboriginal families)
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| The Dubbo baby health Centre, NSW, Land (Sydney, NSW : 1911 - 1954), Friday 4 July 1930 |
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| Snap taken of one of the "encounters" in the{A}borigine corroboree and pageant, to be staged at Back to Dubbo Week, under Mr. W. Ferguson.Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : 1894 - 1954), Thursday 24 October 1935 |
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| National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW : 1889 - 1954), Thursday 21 February 1935 |
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| Mechanics' Institute, Dubbo, NSW, Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Saturday 11 January 1936 |
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| Macquarie St, Dubbo, NSW, Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Saturday 11 January 1936 |
The declaration of World War II in September 1939.
1940s and WWII
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| Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : 1894 - 1954), Tuesday 24 December 1940 |
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| Title: Swimming pool, Dubbo, NSW. Dated: No date, NSW State Archives |
The RAAF operated at Dubbo, including the Dubbo aerodrome, the "Barracks" for housing personnel and the stores. By July 1942, two Bellman Hangars were under construction. Dubbo wass a strategic choice, to be out of range of carrier borne aircraft.
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| Construction of the RAAF Base Hangar No.4 in 1942, Dubbo, NSW |
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| SERGEANT-TRACKER ALEXANDER RILEY, first Australian {A}borigine to win the King's Police and Fire Services Medal. Sergeant Riley, who has served in the Dubbo district for 29 years, will receive the medal from the Governor of N.S.W. (Lord Wakehurst) at Government House on September 17.Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), Friday 3 September 1943 |
1950s
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| Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), Monday 3 April 1950 |
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| Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), Monday 3 April 1950 |
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| Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : 1894 - 1954), Tuesday 9 May 1950 |
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| A Black-Tracker Tells His Story. SERGEANT Tracker Alex Riley, of Dubbo, has done more to solve major crime, recapture gaol-breakers, and save lives than any other coloured man in this State. Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1949 - 1953), Sunday 9 July 1950 |
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| Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), Sunday 3 June 1951 |
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| Raymond Peckhma, Dubbo, NSW, Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), Sunday 3 June 1951 |
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| First visitors to Dubbo's new baby Health Centre, NSW, Land (Sydney, NSW : 1911 - 1954), Friday 5 September 1952 |
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| Mrs. Pearl Gibbs, 53, of Dubbo, the first woman of {A}boriginal blood to stand for election to the Aborigines Welfare Board. The result will be known to-morrow afternoon.Sun-Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1953 - 1954), Sunday 8 August 1954 |
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| Awaiting the royal visit in Dubbo. Dated: 10/02/1954, NSW State Archives |
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| Queen Elizabeth inspecting the fruit and vegetable exhibit at the Dubbo Agricultural Show on Wednesday. This was her Majesty's first visit to an Australian Show, NSW. Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 - 1956), Thursday 18 February 1954 |
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THE QUEEN saw these champion shearers in action at the Royal DubboShow. Left to right: Les Follett, of Wellington; John Thornbury, of Gilgandra, and Hilton Bennetts, of Gulgong, who was champion shearer at the Exhibition. Dubbo Show, NSW. Farmer and Settler (Sydney, NSW : 1906 - 1955), Friday 12 February 1954 |
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The Queen walking across the tarmac at Dubbo airport yesterday to board the Royal Convair to return to Sydney, The Duke of Edinburgh (right) is with the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Renshaw (back to camera). Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), Thursday 11 February 1954 |
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| Title: Dubbo Railway Refreshment Room, interior showing counter. Dated: Date or use No date, NSW State Archives |
1960s
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| Ray Peckham of Dubbo speaking at an Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship conference in Sydney, October 1965. State Library of New South Wales |
In 1966 Dubbo was proclaimed a city.
1970s
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| Exterior view of the newly opened Dubbo Library, 1970-1971. State Library of NSW Public Library Services |
Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo opened to the public on 28th February 1977, the first zoo in Australia to be constructed on the open range principle.
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| Old postcard of Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, NSW |
1980s
In 1987 a Double Burial with Grave Goods was found near Dubbo. Read here1990s
The Central West Pipeline, Marsden to Dubbo, was constructed in 1998, consists of approximately 255 kilometres of gas transmission network in the state of New South Wales.Around Dubbo
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| Dundullimal located near Dubbo in the central west of NSW is thought to be the oldest surviving sophisticated slab house in Australia. 23L Obley Road Dubbo, NSW, its sandstone stables, timber church, and shed are a living illustration of rural life on an isolated property. |
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| Stables at Dundullimal, Dubbo, NSW, built c 1849 -1851 |
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| The Royal Flying Doctor Visitor Experience Centre, Dubbo, NSW |
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| Dubbo railway station, Talbragar Street, opened in 1881, NSW |
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| Former post office and telephone exchange building in Dubbo, NSW, built 1886 |
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| Station master's residence, Dubbo, NSW, built 1881 |
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| The Colonial Mutual Life building, Dubbo, NSW |
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| The Westpac bank branch in Dubbo, NSW - originally built in 1868, was originally the Bank of New South Wales. |
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| Old Macquarie Brewery. 72 Brisbane Street, Dubbo, NSW, commenced in 1876 |
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| Heritage house, Dubbo, NSW, “Regand Park” |
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| Heritage house, Dubbo, NSW, “Eastonville” |
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| Macquarie Lodge was formed in Dubbo, NSW, in 1890 |
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| Ben Furney Flour Mill, Dubbo, NSW |
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| The Western Star Hotel, Dubbo, NSW |
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| Dubbo, NSW |
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| The Commercial Hotel is Dubbo's oldest licensed establishment and was built in 1859 |
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