Barcaldine Cemetery – Burials

In 1996 a summary Barcaldine Cemetery Register was compiled by/for Barcaldine Shire Council. I have been able to do an analysis from the data contained in it – although there does appear to be some …

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Barcaldine Cemetery and Old Burial Ground

OLD BURIAL GROUND The first cemetery in Barcaldine was referred to as ‘The Old Burial Ground’. It appears to have been a plot of ground in the area that became the recreation ground, now the …

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Bank of New South Wales 1887-2000

A branch of the Bank of New South Wales opened in Barcaldine in 1887, in a simple iron structure in Beech Street, on the eventual site of the Radio Theatre. The building was owned by …

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World War 2 stories

American plane crash at Barcaldine Bob Robinson’s memories of a plane crash event at Barcaldine: ‘I am not sure of how old I was but I must have been about 10 yrs old. Around 1944. …

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Artesian Hotel, Barcaldine

The Artesian Hotel was originally known as Emerson’s Hotel, and then the Royal Hotel. 1990 flood in Oak Street with Artesian in centre (S Broughton image) 2004 view of hotel (S Broughton image) 2008 view …

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Commercial Hotel, Barcaldine 1885-

McBride’s Commercial Hotel 1886-1922 The first Commercial Hotel in Barcaldine was licensed in 1886 by Patrick McBride. His first liquor licence application in June 1886 shows that he was unmarried, had never held a licence …

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