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Wesleyan church. The public school was described as a āmiserable slab buildingā. By
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called for the conveyance of mails by horseback āto and from Keanās Swamp and Sofala, twice a week". The successful contractor was
Michael Moore of Kean's Swamp. In April 1863 the Sydney mail coach between Bowenfels and Cudgegong was held up and robbed by two bushrangers at Cherrytree Hill, two and a half miles from Kean's Swamp. The robbers were pursued by constables Wright and Cleary, who were stationed at Kean's Swamp. The policemen finally captured one of the men near Capertee Camp (now
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Caperteeā. Ilford āevidently boasted three or four little hotels, now there is noneā. The local school-house was described as āa fine public building with a sadly depleted attendance roll of childrenā.
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In June 1874 a visitor to Ilford described the township as being āin a most picturesque situation, at the foot of a mountainā. There were four stores in the settlement (of which Mrs. Phelpsā store incorporated the Post Office) and an inn called The Plough. The only place of worship was a stone-built
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November 1880 the following were granted publican's licenses at Ilford: Mrs. Elizabeth Donovan for the Carriers' Arms and Robert Moore for The Plough Inn. At the 1881 census Ilford village had 162 inhabitants. In November 1883 the publican's license held by John Farry for The Plough Inn at Ilford
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A visitor to Ilford in July 1922 described the settlement as āa place of the past, one of the towns of the old carrying days... like all roadside towns that were built up with team traffic the railway has killed itā. Many of the houses in the village had āgone to decay, their roofs of shingles
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At the 1891 census Ilford village had 92 inhabitants. In April 1898 it was reported that āalmost all the childrenā of the Ilford locality were āsuffering from scarlet fever, and the epidemic shows no sign of abatingā. At the 1901 census Ilford village had 71 inhabitants.
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312:" there. This event attracts between 200 and 400 amateur star-gazers from Australia and abroad, effectively doubling the population of the region for the weekend. It is also used as a fund-raising opportunity for the local
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Castlereagh Highway. The focus of the community is Ilford Public School on the outskirts of the road-side settlement. An information bay with toilet facilities is located on the northern edge of the village.
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A ānew co-operative sawmillā commenced work at Ilford in July 1926, run by the Ilford Co-operative
Sawmilling Society Ltd. The local Co-operative Society was declared bankrupt in 1931 and was dissolved in May 1932.
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Rylstone Licensing Court for the reason that Farry had āabandoned the said premises as his usual place of abodeā. In 1884 John Guthrie held the publican's license for the Carriers' Arms.
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runs a property 'Wiruna' just outside Ilford, which is one of the country's premier dark-sky observing sites, used by the society's members and guests. Each year since 1993, the Society has hosted the "
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An early name for the locality was Kean's Swamp. In June 1853 a thirty-acre portion of Crown Land was proclaimed to be set aside at Kean's Swamp (in Roxburgh county) as a potential town lot.
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