Herbert Street, west side looking north from Mayne Street, 1872
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Herbert Street, east side looking north from Mayne Street, 1872
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Patrick Brady's Shamrock Hotel, Gulgong
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Herbert Street looking north along the eastern side from the intersection of Bayly Street. Starting at the corner is the Shamrock Hotel of Patrick Brady, then the premises of Sun Tong Lee, Abraham Hyams, Thomas Page, Camfield Baker and Robert Graham. The chimney of the Belmore Hotel can be seen in the distance.
Source: Information supplied by Baldwin & Davis, Research Gulgong (Dec 2006)
The central point where people by the thousands gathered on a Friday night and weekends to let off steam or partake in entertainment at the many hotels and theatres. Laughter and pandemonium, music and singing of a dozen nations were the weekly celebration of a prosperous goldfield. As George Johnson wrote - 'It was a scene that only Charles Dickens could describe'.
On the northeastern corner is John Hunter's Boot Shop where old shoes were cast off for new. On the western side below McCulloch's Bookshop is the former premises of Dr Pericles. Dr Bubb was in occupation in July 1872, and only two months later he died of acute bronchitis.
Source: Baldwin & Davis, Research Gulgong (Dec 2006)
Herbert Street looking south from Belmore Street (showing Belmore Hotel), Gulgong, 1872
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Looking south up the eastern side of Herbert Street from in front of Charles Bird, chemist. Belmore Hotel, William Barnett, blacksmith & James Frost, hardware, on the corner of Little Bayly Street.
Source: Baldwin & Davis, Research Gulgong (July 2006)
Herbert Street, looking north - 1892 illustration
Brigden's two-storey building, Herbert St, between Queen & Bayly St, Gulgong
Brigden's owned this two-storey building on Herbert St, between Queen & Bayly St. A Frazer, watchmaker, occupied the first floor while Brigden's also owned the Beehive store on the right from at least 1900 to 1912 when it was sold to Stahl and Upham.
On left is Crossing &
Cox, the well-known Stock & Station Agent, formerly Tarrant's Tattersall's Hotel
Source: Photo card was sent to Miss B. Stott, Surry Hills, Sydney. c/o Gulgong Pioneers Museum
1912 - NEW GULGONG BUSINESS MENMessrs. Stahl and Upham have bought out the well-known business which Mr. A. E. Brigden ran in Gulgong for so many years. These two gentlemen have an extensive experience in business, and understand the art of advantageous buying so as to give best value to customers for their money. The Beehive Store is acknowledged as a 'quality house,' and the new proprietors are determined to enhance its reputation and cement its hold upon the affections of the public.
Herbert Street looking toward Mayne Street, 1960s
Source: Barbara Gurney
Herbert Street, 1960s
Source: Barbara Gurney
