Hartley Court House - 1837 to 1937

36 HARTLEY AND ITS COURT-HOUSE.
Looking westerly over Hartley today. On the right smoke is rising from a chimney
of the century-old Court-House. B. Mount Blaxland.
later held by individuals under permissive occu pancy; in
May, 1914, the site was reserved for public recreation under the
control of Trustees. In December, 1926, the care, control and
management of the present Reserve devolved on the Blaxland
Shire Council.
The traffic to Jenolan Caves sustained for Hartley a flicker
of importance. Now the horse-drawn coaches and primitive
cars have been succeeded b y fast, modern transport; but the
rapid vehicles that have revitalised the highway have signed
with finality the doom of Hartley as a traffic centre. Nevertheless
the town is not passed unnoticed. The traveller pauses
there awhile and in imagination sees a strange procession in the
historic atmosphere of the old Court-House at Hartley.
The writers acknowledge their debt to the Mitchell Library
and the Department of Lands, Sydney. They are grateful
to Mr. James Jervis for references, and to Mr. M. J. Dunphy,
who designed the cover.