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E.8 Blacksmiths.
John Stewart, General Blacksmith and Wheelwright advertised 'horses
shod and all general work done on the shortest notice' when his
advertisements first appeared in the Sturt Recorder (19 January 1894).
Sturt appears to have been displaced by T.J.Burt when the latter
advertised 'TJB begs to inform his numerous friends and the general public
that he has taken the old shop, where all kinds of Smith's and
Wheelwright's work will be executed upon the shortest notice, in best time
and at the lowest charges. Horse-shoeing a specialty (Sturt Recorder, 24
August 1894: 1).
"TJB's" advertisement again appeared in January 1895, but by 31 May the
blacksmith advertising was 'T & J Godier, Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights,
Milparinka and Tibooburra'(Sturt Recorder, 31 May 1895:3).
In January 1897 the Sturt Recorder contained an advertisement "To Let ­
The Old Blacksmith's Shop, Milparinka - Apply T.W.Chambers", and
almost two years later John Thomas, Blacksmith and Wheelwright, late of
Silverton Coach Factory begged to announce that he was about to open a
shop at Milparinka (Sturt Recorder, 22 October 1898:3).
On Friday 19 February 1897 the Sturt Recorder had advertised 'For Sale
by Auction at an Early Date' goods which included a range of blacksmithing
equipment, perhaps suggesting the demise of Burt's business.
E.9 The New South Wales Post Office
A postal route was established in April 1879 between Wilcannia and Mount
Poole (then 'Sturts Depot Glen' holding), held by Duncan McBryde. This
route was via Gnalta, Noontharungie, Wonominta, Morden, Cobham Lake,
'Coelly', and with the discovery of gold, Milparinka. On 16 July 1881, six
months after the discovery of gold, the post office was transferred from
Mount Poole to Milparinka, and on 27 May 1890 a telegraph line from
Wanaaring to Milparinka was inaugurated. The route of this telegraph
(liThe Cut Line") became a new postal route in 1895.
For only a few years from 1890 the post office at Milparinka had an official
postmaster. At the time it operated from premises owned by
T.W.Chambers consisting of a two roomed corrugated iron cottage to
which a verandah had been added on three sides. The cottage was
described by as inspector in a report dated 21 June 1891 as 'the meanest,
dirtiest and most uncomfortable place in town', and on 1st November 1891
the post office moved into a stone cottage owned by Cornelius Clune. This
may have been a cottage officially sold to him in 1893 (see para 5.2.3),
and was located three hundred yards from the former post office premises.