Maitland Bar was a gold-digging area on the Meroo River, outside Mudgee and just north of the gold rush town, Hargraves.
I've included brief mention here to make sense of Gulgong district articles that refer to Maitland in a way that is utterly confusing if you are picturing the Maitland city in the Lower Hunter Valley!
Here are some beautifully written articles about digging for gold at Maitland Bar in the 1850s.
