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Nandi
Which was owned by an old Pioneer
by the name of Wiliam Field
who was at first a carrier, he then got
too feeble & sold out his two drays &
bullocks. he then kept the store & Hotel
business & had a farm also infact it
was a Station on a small scale. He
had a large family of four sons & three
daughters. He Mr Field bought a block of
land in the centre of the town C Bran & built
an Hotel for his son William who
kept this business till his death his
widow kept the business on & has had
a large two storey building erected as is
still keeping same at the present time
Mr William Field snr died shortly after
having bought this land which his
son William lived on, and the rest of
his property at (Nandi) was shared
out among the other members of the family
which are nearly all in this district
at the present time.
In writing about Mr Robert Nelson I should have
said his son Alexander Coonabarabran is still residing
in this town and as had a very large family of
10 sons and 2 daughters having had 6 enlisted
in the last war of which 5 sailed & four returned
one being killed in action the 6th by some
means was unable to sail but remained an
officer and is still engaged in the Military
Barracks Sydney. This is their names given under
Frank, James & Albert (neb) & Percy returned,
Alexander (killed) & Claude who is still in
Sydney. The Police Barrcks which is here at the
present time was built by their Grandfather Mr
John Neate about 1880.