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DARLING DISTRICT
Population of the Townships in the line to the northern districts & Supposed population in the Townships in the Districts
| Townships (census) |
1841 |
1846 |
Townships beyond the Boundary |
1841 |
1846 |
| Newcastle Hunter River |
1377 |
1471 |
Macquarie |
1053 |
819 |
| Morpeth |
|
635 |
North Brisbane census |
|
614 |
| East Maitland |
1022 |
910 |
South Brisbane census |
|
346 |
| West Maitland |
1746 |
2409 |
Ipswitch census |
|
103 |
| Singleton |
431 |
565 |
Armadale |
|
140 |
| Muswellbrook |
215 |
208 |
Bendimere |
|
30 |
| Scone |
63 |
117 |
Grafton |
|
120 |
| Murrurundi |
|
52 |
Drayton |
|
50 |
| |
|
|
Tamworth |
|
90 |
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|
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DATE OF THE ESTBLISHMENT OF POST OFFICES
TO DRAYTON IN DARLING & GAYNDAH ON BURNETT RIVER
In the year 1838 a post office was established at Musswell Brook on Hunter river and also at the Township of Scone. In 1840 the mail run to Murrurundi on Page river & within two miles of the Liverpool range, this year the mail was run to Tamworth on Peel river seventy miles beyond the boundary of Western
In 1842 a post office was established at Armadale in New England this mail came from Port Macquarie once a week
In 1844 a Mail was established between Maitland to Armadale performing the distance in four days
In 1846 the Settlers on Bendy Plains & the northern part of New England had their letters forwarded to Wellinggrove
In 1847 Post Offices were established between Armadale & Drayton in Darling Downs at Tenterfield & at Drayton & to Brisbane passing through Ipswitch these mails were forwarded on horseback once a fortnight
In January 1850 a post office was established at Gayndah on Burnett river & also at Maryborough & the overland mails were forwarded from Sydney by Armadale 7 Drayton to Gayundah & Marybotough a distance by land of seven hundred & ninety two miles
In 1854 The overland mail passes on from Gayndah to Gladstone at Port Curtis