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Mr John McMaster of Wetalabah.
after some years he & his wife died
at Wetalabah. This place was left to his son
John who also died after a good many years &
he left the property to his son Hugh McMaster
who lives there at the present time.
Old Mr John McMaster also had a son, Hugh.
The second John McMasters brother & Hugh McMasters owns
a big station called (Premier) & is residing
there at the present time. Adjoining this is another
station Rockgedgiel owned by a Mr James
McMaster a brother of (Hughs) also a son of the
first John McMaster. This station Rockgedgiel
when Mr McMaster brought it was owned by
a Mr Andrew Louder & the station (Premier)
bought also by Mr Hugh McMaster was owned by
a Mr Charles Lawson, whose home was at
Putta Bucca (Mudgee) A man by the name
of C.P. Bayley was his manager. I should
have stated that (Watt & McMasters were
cousins) & (Lawson & Bayley were cousins)
The propertys Purchased by McMaster were
all in the first place owned some how
between the Bayleys & Nelson [Chas?] Lawson.
During Lawsons time there was people here
old pioneers by the name of Beddingtons
who lived at Beddington Springs. I think there
is some of those people at present living at
Brindley Park Merriwa. The first old Pioneer
that lived on belar Creek as I have already mentioned
afterwards being owned by Mr Danger, his name was
William Hayes & his managers name was
Mr Welsh then two brothers whose names were
Edward & William Parson's. those brothers then
sold to Danger which afterward sold to Mr
Orr as before mentioned,