William Meredith Blunt, former police constable and owner of the Post Office Hotel
Source: Richard Blunt
William Meredith Blunt was born in 1862 in England, He was appointed to the NSW Police Service on 18 Feb 1885. He married Lucy J Getty in Carcoar in 1887 (NSW BDM 4327/1887). Their children included:
- Winifred E Blunt - 1891, Carcoar
- Marion A Blunt - 1892, Carcoar
- Richard Augustus Blunt - 1898, Gulgong; married Flora Ruth Marie Bayly
- Ronald Ivan Blunt 15/12/27-24/10/2009
- William H Blunt - 1901, Gulgong
- Adela L Blunt - 1908, Sydney
William died in 1912 and buried in the Coast Hospital cemetery which is on the southern side of St Michael's golf course at Little Bay. William worked at this hospital prior to his death.
Source: Helen Ellis
Source: Helen Ellis
1899 - ADVERTISEMENT
Post Office Hotel, Gulgong. W. M. Blunt BEGS to announce that he has acquired a lease of the above well-known hotel from Mr. Richard White and would ask for a continuance of the public favor shown to his predecessor. The hotel will be conducted on the same lines as heretofore and only the best of liquor kept.
1899 - Gulgong Wishes "God Speed" to a Departing Townsman. "White " by Name and " White'' by Nature. (By Our Special Reporter.)
There was a large assemblage at Blunt's Post Office Hotel, Gulgong, on Monday evening, when the leading townsmen and residents of the district gathered together at the invitation of Mr. Richard White to partake of a social glass on the eve of the departure of himself and family on a trip to Europe and America. [Full article at link]
1900 - BIG TRADE
Mr. Blunt, of the Post Office Hotel, Gulgong, continues to do a big trade. It is a great house-of-call for the district folk. The bar is admirably looked after by Mr. Blunt himself.
1900 - RAPP'S GULLY MYSTERY
Host Blunt, of the Post Office Hotel, Gulgong, being an " ex-member of the force," and not a bad one either, was naturally somewhat in demand on Tuesday " between drinks," for his opinion on the Rapp's Gully mystery, but he could scratch his head and along with others admit that the problem was one for astrologers to solve.
Source: Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954) Thu 22 Nov 1900 Page 10
1901 - [ILLNESS]
Mr. Blunt, of the Post Office Hotel, Gulgong, has been very ill for some days, but is now on the mend.
1912 - LOCAL BREVITIES
Ex-constable Blunt, one time a foot policeman at Mudgee and Gulgong, died recently in Sydney. After resigning from the force he conducted the Post Office Hotel at Gulgong, and while there made many friends. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him. All through his long illness — part of which was spent in the Little Bay Hospital — he had a staunch friend in Mr. Richard White.
1920 - GULGONG NEWS
Miss C. Blunt, who has been visiting friends at Lahey's Creek, is at present an inmate of the Gulgong District Hospital. She is a daughter of Mr. William Blunt, who was a policeman at Gulgong, and who resigned to take over the licence of the Post Office Hotel. Gulgong, some years ago.
Born: 9 Nov 1898
Died: 28 Oct 1970 (aged 71)
