The Great Western Road illustrated by Frank Walker FRAHS

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The termination* o f Cox's Hoed,from various authorities
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Cox»t J&urnali- Ut-tid completed January L is t ,lo l5 , (vide Macquarie's
letter,*^ 10 e .I . The Governor encamped on tho southsrn
bank o f tho fcaoquarle Kiver,and on Sunday,7th iaay,fixed
on a s its suitable fo r the erection o f e to w n ..... to
»»hlch he gave the none o f Bathurst. •. . . . "
IN H 7x. In •numerating the various atages,the
Governor gives lv% miles from tho Gom^beli hlver (7th
stagel to the s ite o f the future town, i . e . the fla gs t o ff
This measurement ends In the v ic in ity o f Holy Trinity
Church,Kelso.
Iflftlvr AatrlU’ s Clary 4p* c&) .and the remainder o f the
party..........dres u* In lin e ..* ,..a n d advanced in this
order towards tho huts situated on ,0 l i t t l e risin g
£X&&fc(on the banks o f the riv e r" (The only risin g
ground on the southern sld eof the riv e r Is close to
holy- l'fln lty Church,flat ground Intervening between
tho Church and the riv e r, ‘ihe old road Is s t i l l v is -
Ib le, forming, la ter on, tho main street o f the f ir s t
town o f Bathurst,one or two venerable buildings,alm ost
In ruins, a tending en tho Kargin. There were between
60 &nd 70 houses on this s ite in 1855. F.W. J
Lowin’ s drawing,of the "Bathurst Pie Ins'*
reproduced on 36 o f A n t l l l s Clary,shows no buildings
hhL-tavar.cnd Is taken frXTa a s*ct at or near *elsc
looking west,*1th the riv er In the middle distance.
, ljw£7) *he s , at which was chosen fo r
the Governor s large tent was u*on
i.rounc.about~threa hundred yards free, the man's huts.
A smal„ tent sas placed on each side with a clear space
in front,u*on which e s i l o 1 1 fla g s ta ff *tas erected.^his
was a most suitable spot fo r a town, coxaaanding a vie*
of the surrounding country fo r a considerable extent”
+M, SWL.M. These were evidently
plaoed elwse to the river,w hich is about three hundred
yards,at the nearest point from the Church at Kelso.(SW
(bi
At no other spot
in this v icin ity c&n a better view o f the surrounding
country be obfftained. (FWI.
(pp 38>. * ................... future ch u rch ...?
Theee words are *rovhetlc. holy T rinity Church must
stand a linos t on the spot where the Governor s tent was
* laced. It must also be remembered that a previous
building,used as a church,occupied the site,and may
have been so placed there to •ommemoiete the f ir s t
service held in the Bathurst district,Sunday 7th,
Hate. Ant i l l gives the distance fro® Cwm*-
b e li river to Bathurst, (K elso) ,as 11 m iles. Ccx aukes
the distance,10».