The following extract is from my database NSW Residents Vol. 3.. To date there are 47 entries for Murrumburrah. If you are interested in obtaining all the entries contact me at txcallaghan@gmail.com.
Some Notes about Murrumburrah
Before European settlement the Harden area was inhabited by the Wiradjuri people. Hume and Hovell passed nearby in 1824. In the late 1820s, the ‘Murrumburra’ was established. Its superintendent, James Kennedy, established an inn on the townsite in the late 1840s. Gold was found in the area in the 1850s. In mid-1872 a traveller made the following comments about Murrumburrah, “a small township on the road to Lambing Flat”:
Murrumburrah has two churches, a school, three hotels, the same number of stores, and a good steam flour mill. The Roman Catholic Church is a fine stone building on a hill above the town, and looks very picturesque; the Wesleyan Chapel is a small wooden building. The principal hotels are Mr. Murphy’s and Mr. Dillon’s. The former owns the flour mill, a good brick building, three stories high. It may be mentioned that a good deal of wheat is grown in the district.
A railway station was opened one km east of Murrumburrah on the Main Southern line in 1877 as Murrumburrah station, but changed its name to Harden station, the year after the opening of a new station in Murrumburrah in 1879. Harden has remained as the main station and, as a result, became the main town.Before European settlement the Harden area was inhabited by the Wiradjuri people. Hume and Hovell passed nearby in 1824. In the late 1820s, the ‘Murrumburra’ was established. Its superintendent, James Kennedy, established an inn on the townsite in the late 1840s. Gold was found in the area in the 1850s. In mid-1872 a traveller made the following comments about Murrumburrah, “a small township on the road to Lambing Flat”:d a general store, Carrier Arms, a slab courthouse, a gaol and a police hut. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
| ID | Place | Salary/Pension/Rent of lease | First Name | Surname | Notes 1 | Occupation | Year | Appoint/Reg /Pension Start | 1st Appoint/Date purchase | Sources/ Notes 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16479 | Murrumburrah | – | R. | Ings | Paid 5/- for license to cut hardwood timber on crown land. (PDV 5/- = $26.00) | 1877 | GG 1877. Licenses issued during Quarter ending 31st Dec. 1876. | |||
| 16478 | Murrumburrah | – | T. | Phillips | Paid 5/- for license to cut hardwood timber on crown land. (PDV 5/- = $26.00) | 1877 | GG 1877. Licenses issued during Quarter ending 31st Dec. 1876. | |||
| 16484 | Murrumburrah | – | W. | Howard | Paid 5/- for license to cut hardwood timber on crown land. (PDV 5/- = $26.00) | – | 1877 | GG 1877. Licenses issued during Quarter ending 31st Dec. 1876. | ||
| 14322 | Murrumburrah | – | C. R. C. | Tindale | Nantgwyllan | Squatter. | 1890 | Sands 1889-90 The name probably comes from Wiradhuri murrimboola, which can reasonably be translated to “two waterholes” | ||
| 14241 | Murrumburrah | – | William J. | Cartwright | Morrison’s hill | Farmer. | 1882 | Sands 1881 – 82 | ||
| 28274 | Murrumburrah | £290 + Fees received £39. | C. | Cutcliffe | Justice Dept – Petty Sessions | Clerk of Petty Sessions | 1887 | Civil Service ; fess are those received in 1886. | ||
| 28897 | Murrumburrah | – | John | Gown | John Gown, of Nimby, near Murrumburrah, reports that 140 sheep were stolen from his paddock. |
– | 1900 | Police Gazette 10 Jan 1900 | ||
| 4615 | Murrumburrah | – | Catherine | English | Exchange Hotel | Publican * | 1882 | Young Licensing District |
There were many by the name, John Henry James. I’m wondering if the one I’m looking for lived with his wife, Elizabeth, lived in Murrumburrah from around 1895 until he was issued with a Sequestration Order on 25 July 1898 and declared bankrupt?