WTB Australia 1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup FDCs

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Toronto NSW cds - 26th October 1960

Phoenix says Toronto PO 1/10/1889.

Toronto is a lakeside suburb within the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle in New South Wales, approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) from Newcastle's central business district and is a commercial hub for the sprawling suburbs on the western shore of the lake. It is one of the major centres in the City of Lake Macquarie.

The area was originally the site of an Aboriginal mission called Ebenezer, established in 1829 by Reverend Threlkeld. Threlkeld is reported to have begun construction of his chimney with a local black stone which he later realised was coal. Coal Point, just to the south, is named after this discovery. The development of several coal mines in the region, proximity to the nearby city of Newcastle, and its position by the lake led to gradual development and population increases. The mission closed in 1841.

In 1885, the Excelsior Land, Investment and Building Co. and Bank Ltd acquired a portion of Threlkelds' original 1,280 acre grant from McMahon and Whiting plus the 100 ft waterfront reserve from the Crown for £13,722 and subdivided it in 1887.

Ebenezer was then renamed after Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in honor of Edward Hanlan, a Canadian world-champion sculler who visited Australia in 1884. The area's subdividers, the Excelsior Company, named the land in honor of Hanlan's visit, which coincided with the opening of the subdivision. The Canadian city's name is said to have come from the Mohawk language tkaronto, meaning “where there are trees standing in the water".

This subdivision also coincided with the opening of the Great Northern Railway and became the basis of the future town of Toronto. The Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, visited Toronto by train on the Toronto railway line on 24 June 1920.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Hampstead Sth Aust cds - 20th October 1960

Phoenix says:

Hampstead PO c.1927; renamed Collinswood PO 1/2/1964.
Collinswood Renamed from Hampstead PO 1/2/1964.

Collinswood is a suburb of Adelaide spanning the boundary of the Prospect and the Port Adelaide Enfield local government areas.

Adelaide's Australian Broadcasting Corporation Studios are located in the suburb on the corner of North East Road and Galway Avenue.

Hampstead Post Office opened around 1927 and was renamed Collinswood in 1964. It is now an LPO & is at Shop 4/50-60 North East Road, Walkerville SA 5081.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collinswood,_South_Australia

Not quite sure where Hampstead was, although there is a Hampstead Gardens. Rosebery is mentioned in the early development of the area & that doesn't exist now either. There is no suggestion that Hampstead changed it's name to Collinsville & now I find the Collinsvill LPO in Walkerville. While Walkerville has it's own Post Office at 92 Walkerville Tce Walkerville.

Confusing to say the least.

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Annandale NSW cds - 27th October 1960

Phoenix says:

Petersham (1) PO 1/1/1855; renamed Annandale PO 1/7/1872.
Annandale (1) Renamed from Petersham PO 1/7/1872; closed 31/10/1885.
Annandale (2) PO 6/4/1891.

Annandale is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales. Annandale is located within 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the Inner West Council. Annandale's northern end lies on Rozelle Bay, which is on Sydney Harbour. Glebe lies to its east, Lilyfield and Leichhardt to its west and Stanmore and Camperdown to its south.

Major George Johnston (1764–1823) arrived on the First Fleet ship Lady Penrhyn, which brought convicts to Australia from England. He was granted 600 acres (2.4 km2) of land in the area around Annandale and Stanmore, which became known as Johnston's Bush. He later renamed it Annandale after his birthplace Annan in Scotland, United Kingdom.

According to 2016 census, there were 9,451 people living in Annandale. Buses are the primary mode of public transport in Annandale. The major bus corridor is along Booth St, through the middle of the suburb.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annandale,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Kendall NSW cds - 4th November 1960

Phoenix says:

Camden Haven (1) PO 1/5/1875; closed 31/12/1880.
Camden Haven (2) TO 24/1/1881; closed 10/10/1881.
Camden Haven (3) RO 16/3/1881; PO 16/3/1886; renamed Kendall PO 1/10/1891.
Kendall Renamed from Camden Haven PO 1/10/1891.

Kendall is a town on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.

Kendall was originally named Camden Heads, as it is located on the Camden Haven River. It was renamed Kendall, in 1891, after the Australian poet Henry Kendall, and not, as some tourists suspect, after the similarly spelled ancient town of Kendal in the County of Cumbria in England. Henry Kendall lived in the area from 1875 to 1881 when he was the first Forest Inspector for New South Wales.

Kendall is located 3 kilometres from Kew and 36 kilometres southwest of Port Macquarie via the Pacific Highway. It is one of the seven villages that make up the Camden Haven region of the Port Macquarie/Hastings Local Government Area. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 1,141.

Kendall railway station is served by three XPT services daily from Sydney on the North Coast railway line.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendall,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with East Balmain NSW cds - 31st October 1960

Phoenix says East Balmain PO 1/2/1890; closed 28/2/1986.

Balmain East is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales. Balmain East is located three kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Inner West Council.

Situated on the eastern end of the Balmain peninsula in Sydney Harbour, Balmain East shares a boundary with the suburb of Balmain to the west. The postcode 2041 covers the suburbs of Balmain, Balmain East and Birchgrove.

The area now known as Balmain East was part of a 550-acre (2.2 km2) grant to colonial surgeon Dr. William Balmain (1762–1803) made in 1800 by Governor John Hunter. Balmain was first settled in 1836 and by 1861 had been divided into the well populated eastern areas of Balmain and the sparsely populated western area, extending to the gates of Callan Park.

The small peninsula that jutted out from the main Balmain Peninsula, along which the main artery road Darling Street ran, was known to locals for decades as either "East Balmain" or "The East End" and generally encompassed the area east of Hart St and Balmain Bowling Club. This dividing boundary was originally a natural swamp that was reclaimed early the early 19th century. Whilst the area was almost always referred to as East Balmain by locals, it was still generally regarded as just a name for the eastern peninsula of the suburb, in a similar way in that Birchgrove was the name given to the area of Balmain that encompassed Snails Bay (refer to the history of Birchgrove for more details on its name).

Balmain East ferry wharf, upgraded in 2015, provides access to the Cross Harbour ferry services, with ferry services to Barangaroo, Circular Quay, and Darling Harbour.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmain_East

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Paxton NSW cds - 4th November 1960

Phoenix says Paxton PO 19/2/1923

Paxton is a village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales. At the 2016 census, Paxton recorded a population of 942. It is about 60kms west of Newcastle.

The village of Paxton was established in 1922 by the East Greta Coal Mining Company to provide housing for miners of the Stanford Main No. 2 Colliery (Paxton Colliery/Coal Mine).

The Austar coal mine is a coal mine located near Paxton. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 221 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. In 2012, the mine had an annual production capacity of 3 million tonnes of coal and employed 409 people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxton,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Nubba NSW cds - 7th November 1960

Phoenix says Nubba PO 1/11/1887; closed 31/3/1975.

Nubba is a locality and former railway station on the Main South railway line in New South Wales, located midway between Wallendbeen and Harden. The station was open between 1882 and 1975 and has now been demolished. It is about 80kms north west of Yass NSW.

Prime Minister Harold Holt's paternal grandparents owned a large farming property near Nubba. As a child, he lived there for a brief period and attended the local state school

At the 2006 census, Nubba had a population of 281. By 2016 that had fallen to 76, then increased to 77 at the 2021 census.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubba,_New_South_Wales

[Ubobo.R.O.]

Nice one there Brad.

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Kairi Queensland cds (D&P Type 1)- 27th October 1960

Phoenix says Kairi RO c.1911; PO c.1922.

Dell & Price - Kairi, Queensland

Kairi is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland. In the 2016 census, Kairi had a population of 442.

Kairi is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is close to Lake Tinaroo and the closest more populous place is Tinaroo, which is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) North of Kairi. It is 1,698 kilometres (1,055 mi) by road NNW from Brisbane and is 719 metres (2,359 ft) above sea level.

Kairi railway station is an abandoned railway station on the now-closed Millaa Milla branch of the Tablelands railway line.

The establishment of a State Farm at Kairi by the Queensland Government was announced in May 1911. By March 1912, the state farm was growing maize, cow pea, rhodes grass, pumpkins, sugar melons and cucumbers. The State Farm closed in 1929, apart from the piggery which operated for a few years longer. From 1929, the farm was operated by commercial interests. In 1932, it was proposed that Kairi State Farm should become an agricultural college, focusing on the tropical agriculture of northern Queensland. In 1944, the state farm was taken over by the Australian Army to supply vegetables and eggs for the armed forces during World War II. After the war in 1946, the state farm was used to establish a regional experimentation station to address the declining productivity of the soils on the Atherton Tableland. Although the end of the war brought renewed interest in establishing an agricultural college, it was announced in 1954 that there was no prospect of the college being established. In March 1962, the state farm became an official Research Station of the Queensland Department of Agriculture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kairi,_Queensland

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Forster NSW Aust cds - 31st October 1960

Phoenix says Forster PO 1/10/1872.

Forster is a coastal town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, in the Mid-Coast Council LGA, about 308 km north-north-east of Sydney. It is immediately adjacent to its twin, Tuncurry, which is the smaller of the two towns. Forster is known for its stunning waters and Manning Valley beauty.

Forster is named after William Forster, who also was the 4th Premier of New South Wales and who later served as Agent-General in London. The first post office in Forster opened on 1 October 1872, with John Wyllie Breckenridge as postmaster at a salary of £10 a year.

The area was well known in the early days for its timber cutting and sawmills. Timber was collected from the lakes and rivers by the logpunts (droghers).

A bridge over the Coolongolook River that marks the entrance to Wallis Lake was built in 1959 linking Forster and Tuncurry and replacing the punt service that had operated since 1890.

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 13,740 people in Forster.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forster,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Berry NSW Aust cds - 26th October 1960

Phoenix says:

Broughton's Creek PO 1/10/1861; renamed Berry PO 1/8/1888.
Berry Renamed from Broughton's Creek PO 1/8/1888.

Berry is a small Australian village in the Shoalhaven region of the New South Wales South Coast, located 143 km (89 mi) south of the state capital, Sydney. Together with Kiama 23 km (14 mi) to the north, Berry acts as a gateway through to other towns and villages along the South Coast of NSW via the Princes Highway and the South Coast railway line.

Alexander Berry, with his business partner Edward Wollstonecraft, pioneered European settlement in the Shoalhaven region from 1822, initially securing land grants to the south of the Shoalhaven River and later to the north (including the Berry district). The locality was known as Broughton Creek from its beginning in 1825 as a private town and part of a large pastoral holding called "Coolangatta". The first European settlers of this locality were seven free sawyers employed by Alexander Berry, who camped there in 1825. Soon after a tannery began operation. In the 1840s a saw mill powered by a water wheel started. By 1866, a very substantial town had grown on the either side of Broughton Creek. On the Pulman Street side a post office, school, tannery and store were established, while on the other side of the creek an Inn was opened. By this time the population had grown to 300 and the area was declared a Municipality.

In 1873 Alexander Berry died and his brother David Berry became the owner of the estate. He encouraged the growth of the town by establishing an Agricultural Showground and giving land to four religious denominations to build churches in the town.

The name of the town was changed from Broughton Creek to Berry in 1889, following the death of David Berry, Alexander's brother, to honour the Berry family. After his death the outlying land of the Coolangatta Estate was gradually sold. The town continued to grow and flourish as a service centre for saw milling and dairying industries. From the 1980s, these industries have diminished, and tourism is now an important activity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Candelo NSW cds - 2nd November 1960

Phoenix says Candelo PO 1/1/1870.

Candelo is a town in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. It is in the Bega Valley Shire local government area, 448 kilometres (278 mi) south of the state capital, Sydney and 38 kilometres (24 mi) north-west of the popular coastal holiday destination of Eden. In 2011, Candelo had a population of 732 people.

Candelo was named by Peter Imlay, the first European settler in the area, who named his original 1834 house "Candelo House" after the town of Candelo, Italy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candelo,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Weston NSW Aust cds - 7th November 1960

Phoenix says Weston PO 25/1/1904.

Weston is a town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales. It is part of the City of Cessnock local government area, located approximately 11 km (7 mi) from Cessnock. At the 2016 census it recorded a population of 3,693.

Weston's post office opened on 25 January 1904.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Glenreagh NSW Aust cds - 5th November 1960

Phoenix says:

Glenreagh (1) RO 1/12/1890; renamed Tallawudjah RO 15/4/1892.
Glenreagh (2) Renamed from Tallawudjah PO 1/7/1899.

Glenreagh is a small town in the Clarence Valley in the Northern Rivers region of north-eastern New South Wales. At the 2016 census, Glenreagh had a population of 900 people.

It is on the North Coast railway line, completed to Glenreagh in 1915. A picturesque branch was opened from Glenreagh to Dorrigo in 1924, but was difficult to maintain due to the steep terrain and high rainfall and it was closed in 1972 after a washaway. The Glenreagh to Ulong section is proposed for reopening as a heritage tourist railway by the Glenreagh Mountain Railway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenreagh

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Hume Weir NSW cds - 2nd November 1960

Phoenix says:

Hume Weir (1) PO 1/5/1920; renamed Hume Reservoir PO 28/9/1920.
Hume Reservoir Renamed from Hume Weir PO 28/9/1920; closed 30/9/1936.
Hume Weir (2) PO 1/8/1952; closed 7/3/1985.

Hume Dam, formerly the Hume Weir, is a major dam across the Murray River downstream of its junction with the Mitta River in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes flood mitigation, hydro-power, irrigation, water supply and conservation. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Hume, formerly the Hume Reservoir. It is a gated concrete gravity dam with four earth embankments and twenty-nine vertical undershot gated concrete overflow spillways.

Constructed over a 17-year period between 1919 and 1936, the Hume Dam is located approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east of the city of Albury. The dam was built, involving a workforce of thousands, by a consortium of NSW and Victorian government agencies that included the Water Resources Commission of New South Wales, the Public Works Department of New South Wales, and the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria. Supplies to the construction site were delivered via rail, through the construction of a branch siding from the Wodonga – Cudgewa railway. Hume Dam is jointly managed by Victorian and New South Wales authorities on behalf of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. Goulburn-Murray Water manages water and land located in Victoria, and the New South Wales State Water Corporation is responsible for day-to-day operation and maintenance and the management of major remedial works at the dam.

The dam wall was extended during the 1950s, and completed in 1961, necessitating the wholesale removal of Tallangatta township and its re-establishment at a new site 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the original, as well as the raising of the Bethanga Bridge.

Originally named the Mitta Mitta Dam site, following representations from the Municipal Council of Albury, on 17 February 1920 the River Murray Commission decided to honour Hamilton Hume, who, in company with William Hovell, was one of the first Europeans to see and cross the Murray River in 1824. In 1920, the reservoir was named the Hume Reservoir and the dam adopted the name of the Hume Weir, the name given by the Victorian Place Names Committee. Following a proposal from Hume Shire Council, in 1996 both the NSW and Victorian governments agreed that the dam should be named the Hume Dam, and the reservoir be named Lake Hume.

Lake Hume is estimated to hold approximately six times the volume of water in Sydney Harbour. The small towns of Tallangatta, Bonegilla and Bellbridge are located on the shores of Lake Hume. The reservoir is often referred to as the Hume Weir, only named Lake Hume in the mid-1980s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hume_Dam

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Thumb Creek NSW cds - 29th October 1960

Phoenix says Thumb Creek RO 11/1/1923; PO 1/7/1927; closed 26/3/1970.

Thumb Creek is a locality in the local government area of 'Nambucca' about 63 kms west of Nambucca Heads in the northeast of New South Wales.

The nearest village to Thumb Creek is Bowraville about 23.6 km away to the east as the crow flies. It is more than double that by road. Bowraville has a population of about around 960.

http://bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=16889&d=faq&c=1&x=152%2E60711&y=%2D30%2E6768&w=40000&mpsec=0

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Bergalia NSW cds - 29th October 1960

Phoenix says Bergalia PO 1/1/1869; closed 31/12/1974.

Bergalia is a coastal locality on the Princes Highway in southeast New South Wales. Its closest capital city is actually Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory about 120km to the northwest. Sydney is about 260km away to the north-northeast of Bergalia.

The nearest more populous place is the town of Moruya which is 8km away to the north with a population of around 2,500.

http://bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=13083&s=Duck%20Creek&m=0&st=NSW& ... 00&mpsec=0

[Ubobo.R.O.]

Puffin wuz there in 1976.

[BigSaint]

In the Post Office?

Is this another where the closing date in Phoenix is inaccurate

[Ubobo.R.O.]

Perhaps it was earlier. Like 1972.

[BigSaint]

1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Mount St. Thomas NSW Aust cds - 28th October 1960

Phoenix says Mount St. Thomas PO 1/11/1950; closed 30/6/1981.

Mount Saint Thomas/Mount St.Thomas is a suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales, lying east of Figtree and South west of Wollongong. It is 87 kms south of Sydney & 3 kms south west of Wollongong. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,449.

During World War II, the Drummond Battery was constructed in the suburb as part of the defences for Port Kembla

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Saint_Thomas,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Nattai River NSW cds - 2nd November 1960

Phoenix says:

Nattai PO 1/4/1862; renamed Mittagong PO 1/8/1875.
Nattai River PO 6/5/1907; closed 29/6/1979.

Nattai is a small village in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Wollondilly Shire.

The Nattai River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Australia.

The Nattai River rises on the Mittagong Range within the Great Dividing Range, south of Mittagong, and flows generally north northwest and then north northeast, joined by nine tributaries including the Little River, before reaching its confluence with the Wollondilly River within Lake Burragorang southwest of the locality of Nattai. The river descends 336 metres (1,102 ft) over its 51-kilometre (32 mi) course.

The river flows through the Nattai National Park and is a source of water for the Sydney region.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nattai_River

I would think the Nattai River Post Office would have been in the township of Nattai.

[Ubobo.R.O.]

The Nattai River Post Office was at the town marked Nattai on this map. West of Camden.

[BigSaint]

Thank you Mr Puffin for the information on the location of the Nattai River P O

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Beryl NSW cds - 7th November 1960

Phoenix says Beryl PO 1/9/1898; closed 29/2/1964.

Beryl is in the local government area of 'Mid-Western Regional'. It is shown on the satellite map as being at the intersection of Castlereagh Hwy & Laheys Creek Road, but apart from trees there does not appear to be anything there.

The nearest town to Beryl is Gulgong about 8.71 km away to the south east. Gulgong has a population of about around 2,000 (based on the 2001 census).

http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=19717&d=faq&cmd=sp&c=1&x=149 ... 00&mpsec=0

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Stanford Merthyr NSW cds - 9th October 1970

Not sure really what this date is meant to be, as 1970 is outside period of valid use.

Rotated 180 degrees

Retroreveal - Not sure what three vertical dots next O for October represent.

Phoenix says Stanford Merthyr PO 2/3/1914; closed 30/10/1971.

Stanford Merthyr is a suburb of Kurri Kurri - Weston in New South Wales. It is located approximately 119kms from the capital Sydney covering an area of 0.736 square kilometres & is about 16 kms east of Cessnock. Stanford Merthyr has a recorded population of 552 and is within the Australian Eastern Daylight Time zone Australia/Sydney.

https://www.australias.guide/nsw/location/stanford-merthyr/

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Ravensworth NSW cds - 20th October 1960

Phoenix says:

Camberwell R.S. PO 1/1/1876; renamed Ravensworth PO 1/2/1876.
Ravensworth Renamed from Camberwell R.S. PO 1/2/1876; closed 23/3/1978.

The small town of Ravensworth is 19 kilometres north of Singleton. It is home to an open-cut coalmine that supplies coal for domestic power generation. Annual production capacity 1.8 million tonnes run of mine coal. James Bowman was given one of the first settlement grants for the district in the early 1820s. He established a farm that was the most northerly location in the Hunter.

https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/hunter/hunter-valley/s ... avensworth

Ravensworth had a railway station on the Main North railway line in New South Wales. It opened in 1869, initially as Camberwell, and closed to passenger services in 1975. It was an island platform and was subsequently completely demolished after closure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravensworth_railway_station

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Mitchell's Island NSW cds - 26th October 1960

Phoenix says Mitchell's Island PO 1/5/1881; closed 3/1/1978.

Mitchells Island is the largest of several islands in the mouth of the Manning River. It is roughly triangular in shape and has an area of approximately 130 km2 (50 sq mi). It is bordered on the north by the main channel of the Manning River, on the southwest by Scotts Creek, and on the east by the Pacific Ocean. The ocean edge extends from Old Bar in the south to Harrington to the north. The closest major town is Taree, a few kilometres to the west.

Mitchells Island is located at 31°53'60S 152°37'0E and varies its altitude from sea level to 151 m (495 ft). It is named after Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1792–1855), who served as Surveyor-General for Australia. It and the adjacent Oxley Island is a shale outcrop rather than a sandy deposit.

The population of Mitchells Island is approximately 300 permanent residents. Much of the island was covered by dairy farms but today there is only one remaining farm. It is a popular holiday location and has two caravan parks and many rental homes and units.

Mitchells Island largely consists of dense rainforest, home to many native animals including koalas, echidnas, wallabies, possums, bandicoots, quolls, goannas and birds.

The housing estate Manning Waters was developed in 1991 with two houses, growing to 36 homes today. The Islands historical St. Marks church was built in 1872, its first service on 6 June of that year. Legend has it the Church was built from a large cedar log washed down river from the timber mill during floods, and the cemetery is on the highest point of the Island looking over the river towards the little brother mountain ranges. There is one village on the island, Manning Point, approximately 330 km (210 mi) north of Sydney. Besides the holiday rental units, it has a general store, a bowling club, the two caravan parks, a cafe, and a bait shop. The general store is also the news agent, the video rental shop, the Australia Post Office, the bottle shop, the burger and fish and chips grill, and the grocery store.

The Pacific Ocean forms the eastern border of the island. While the entire length is a sand beach, there are two accesses. The northern access is from the village of Manning Point and is reinforced to allow four-wheel drive vehicle access. The southern access is from Beach Road. This access is a narrow path over the boundary dune. Neither beach is patrolled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchells_Island

Wonder what the current Post Office is called? Maybe Manning Point CMA?

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Radium Hill South Aust cds - 12th November 1960

Phoenix says Radium Hill WS(?) circa 1949; PO 1/11/1950; closed 17/2/1961

Radium Hill is a former minesite in South Australia which operated from 1906 until 1961. It was Australia's first uranium mine, years before the country's next major mines at Rum Jungle in the Northern Territory (opened in 1950), and the Mary Kathleen mine in Queensland (1958). The associated settlement which once housed up to 1,100 people is now a ghost town, largely abandoned and demolished. The former townsite and cemetery were provisionally listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 24 August 2016. During its main period of production between 1954 and 1961 the mine produced nearly 1 million tonnes of davidite-bearing ore to produce about 860 tons of U3O8.

The site was first pegged for mining in 1906 after prospector Arthur John Smith inadvertently discovered a radioactive material at a location approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) East South East of Olary. Smith mistook the dark coloured ore he found for tin oxide or wolfram (tungsten). His samples were sent to Adelaide University where young Sydney geologist and future Antarctic explorer, Douglas Mawson found the ore to contain radium and uranium. It also had traces of ilmenite, rutile, magnetite, hematite, pyrite, chalcopyrite intergrown with quartz and biotite, chromium, vanadium, and molybdenum.

Mawson named the uranium-bearing mineral davidite after geologist and Antarctic explorer, Sir Edgeworth David. The mine was initially called "Smith's Carnotite Mine" (a similar uranium-bearing mineral) and in September 1906 Mawson proposed the name "Radium Hill". Smith worked the mine for the next two years before allowing the lease to lapse. Adjoining leases stretched for 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) along the lode, with one being half-owned by Mawson.

The Radium Hill Company took over the lease in 1908 and more shafts were sunk.

Ore concentrate was transferred to refineries in New South Wales and Victoria. Radium had reached a price of £13,000 per gram in 1911, and in the same year, at a cost of £15,000 the company built a refinery at Hunters Hill in New South Wales to produce radium compounds. 350 milligrams of radium bromide (RaBr2) and 150 kg of uranium were produced. The radium bromide was used for research in the emerging fields of radiation and radioactivity and some of the Hunters Hill radium was sold to pioneering nuclear researchers Ernest Rutherford and Marie Curie.

Mining ceased in 1914 and the Hunters Hill refinery closed the following year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Hill

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Grabben Gullen NSW cds - ?? ?M 1960

Definitely four numbers for year.

Phoenix says Grabben Gullen RO 15/9/1887; PO 16/12/1891; closed 13/7/1968.

Grabben Gullen is a small village in Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 253. It is located between Crookwell and Gunning, situated at an elevation of 898 metres above sea level; several snowfalls occur during the winter months.

The town is regularly visited by fossickers, seeking sapphires, garnets, zircons and gold. Its name is derived from an Aboriginal term meaning "small waters", and was chosen due to the numerous small streams in the area, which feed into the Lachlan River.

Built in the early 1800s, Grabben Gullen hosts St Mary's Catholic Church, a post office opened on 16 December 1891, and a pub named The Albion. The church is of gothic style. Designed by an architect named Mr. Gordon in historical records, it lies approximately 4.5 kilometres from the village centre and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2013.

Grabben Gullen is now a tourist attraction in the Upper Lachlan region, and hosts a monthly produce market.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grabben_Gullen

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Berrima West NSW cds - 7th November 1960

Phoenix says:

Berrima Renamed from Bong Bong PO 1/1/1837.
Berrima Colliery RO 6/3/1882; renamed Great Southern Colliery RO 1/3/1888.
Berrima West TO 2/7/1932; PO 1/7/1945; closed 2/2/1970.

Berrima is a historic village in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, in Wingecarribee Shire. The village, once a major town, is located on the Old Hume Highway between Sydney and Canberra. It was previously known officially as the Town of Berrima. It is close to the three major towns of the Southern Highlands: Mittagong, Bowral and Moss Vale.

The name Berrima is believed to derive from an Aboriginal word meaning either "southward" or "black swan".

The region and Wingecarribee River was first visited by Europeans during the late 1790s, including a 1798 expedition led by an ex-convict, John Wilson. However, John and Hamilton Hume rediscovered the area in 1814. The area was explored by Charles Throsby in 1818. Runs were taken up soon after, including by one by Charles Throsby. Harper's Mansion, which is on a hill overlooking the town, was built from 1829 to 1830. Bong Bong had been planned as a major town for the county but, as it was flood prone, the New South Wales surveyor-general Thomas Mitchell chose Berrima townsite on the road running south from Sydney to Goulburn with the intention that the town be the chief centre for southern New South Wales. The survey was conducted in 1830 and the town plan was approved in 1831.

Berrima prospered as being at a point on the Old Hume Highway, and there were fourteen hotels in or near the town in the 1840s. However, because the construction of the railway bypassed the town, the population decreased – no new houses were built for a hundred years. In 1896, Premier of New South Wales Henry Parkes, planted an oak tree near the post office.

Berrima was bypassed by a new section of the Hume Highway in March 1989.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berrima,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Old Koreelah NSW cds - 31st October 1960

Phoenix says Old Koreelah TO 5/4/1916; RO 1/5/1916; PO 1/9/1916; closed 30/4/1982.

Old Koreelah is a locality on the Mount Lindesay Highway in northeast New South Wales near the Queensland border. Its closest capital city is Brisbane Queensland about 120km to the north-northeast. Sydney, about 620km away to the south of Old Koreelah). Old Koreelah is at an elevation of approximately 418m above sea level. Old Koreelah is one of the northernmost localities in New South Wales. The nearest sea is the Coral Sea which is part of the South Pacific Ocean about 110km east-northeast of Old Koreelah.

Old Koreelah is on the Koreelah Creek.

The nearest more populous place is the village of Killarney which is 14km away with a population of around 840 which is near Acacia Creek.

http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=20669

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Culcairn NSW Aust cds - 7th November 1960

Phoenix says Culcairn PO 1/9/1880.

Culcairn is a town in the south-east Riverina region of New South Wales. Culcairn is located in the Greater Hume Shire local government area on the Olympic Highway between Albury and Wagga Wagga. The town is 514 kilometres (319 mi) south-west of the state capital, Sydney and at the 2016 census had a population of 1,473.

The town is an important supply centre for nearby towns and villages including, Morven, Gerogery, Henty, Walla Walla and Pleasant Hills. Billabong Creek runs along the southern edge of town, lending its name to the local high school.

European settlement of Culcairn began in 1834, following favorable reports on grazing potential and grass cover by the explorers Hume and Hovell when traveling overland to the Port Phillip district in 1824. A number of stations were gazetted and between 1862 and 1865 the district was terrorized by the bushranger, Dan "Mad Dog" Morgan. The reward for Morgan would reach £1,000. He was ambushed and killed in Victoria after his final holdup in 1865.

The town itself was laid out in 1880 by James Balfour, a local landowner, who named it after a property in the parish of Kiltearn, his mother's birthplace. Culcairn Post Office opened on 1 September 1880.

Early industries included chaff mills, a cereal grain company and a quarry. The extension of the Main Southern railway line to Albury to meet the broad gauge line from Melbourne saw Culcairn prosper. The Culcairn Hotel, constructed in 1891, was the largest on the line between Melbourne and Sydney.

Culcairn sits on the main railway line between Sydney and Melbourne and is serviced by the NSW TrainLink XPT service which runs twice daily and stops at the local railway station. The station was once the junction for the Corowa and Holbrook branch lines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culcairn

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Phoenix says Grabben Gullen RO 15/9/1887; PO 16/12/1891; closed 13/7/1968.
Grabben Gullen is a small village in Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 253. It is located between Crookwell and Gunning, situated at an elevation of 898 metres above sea level; several snowfalls occur during the winter months.
The town is regularly visited by fossickers, seeking sapphires, garnets, zircons and gold. Its name is derived from an Aboriginal term meaning "small waters", and was chosen due to the numerous small streams in the area, which feed into the Lachlan River.
Built in the early 1800s, Grabben Gullen hosts St Mary's Catholic Church, a post office opened on 16 December 1891, and a pub named The Albion. The church is of gothic style. Designed by an architect named Mr. Gordon in historical records, it lies approximately 4.5 kilometres from the village centre and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2013.
Grabben Gullen is now a tourist attraction in the Upper Lachlan region, and hosts a monthly produce market.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grabben_Gullen

The postmark. Year in full. This is a type 2(i) postmark with a one line dateline which included the year in full. Manufactured c1910. Grabben Gullen used one of these 1912-1962.

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Thank you Mr Puffin.

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Culcairn NSW Aust cds - 28th October 1960

Phoenix says Watson's Bay PO 1/8/1854.

Watsons Bay is a harbourside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Watsons Bay is located 11 km north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra.

Watsons Bay sits on the end of the South Head peninsula and takes its name from the sheltered bay and anchorage on its western side, in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour). It provides views across the harbour to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Gap is an ocean cliff on the eastern side with views to Manly at North Head and the Pacific Ocean. Vaucluse is the only adjacent suburb, to the south.

The first Europeans arrived at the location on 21 January 1788 as the First Fleet landed and stayed overnight on Camp Cove. A lookout was later built on the cliffs in 1790. The first grant of 20 acres (81,000 m2) was made to Edward Laing in 1793 in the Camp Cove Area. Early homes were built for government and military officials working at the local installations.

Watson's Bay was named after Robert Watson (1756–1819), formerly of HMS Sirius, when he had to beach his three vessels at Camp Cove for many years because of their being potentially sold by the Provost Marshal. Watson was appointed harbour pilot and harbourmaster of the port of Sydney in 1811 and the first superintendent of Macquarie Lighthouse in 1816.

Watsons Bay remained an isolated fishing village until development began in the 1860s.

The City to Watson's Bay tram line was extended from Edgecliff to Signal Hill Station, Watson's Bay in 1903 with further extensions to Gap Park in 1909. The latter extension included a new tram terminus adjacent to The Gap and a tram cutting cut into the rock face in Gap Park that ran above and parallel to Gap Road that gradually descended to street level before terminating.

The line had its own depot and city terminus and operated independently, although it was connected to the main Sydney tram network. In 1949, the line from Rose Bay to Watson's Bay closed, but reopened in 1950 due to public protest. In 1950, the line down King Street to Erskine Street closed and a new terminus constructed at Queens Square. The remainder of the line closed in 1960, the tracks were removed and in 1964 the Council re-vegetated the area around the former tramway cutting in gap park with the object of restoring the area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watsons_Bay

And of course Watson's Bay is the home of Doyles! The most beautiful seafood restaurant.

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Cooma NSW cds - 29th October 1960

Phoenix says Cooma PO 1/1/1847.

Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 114 kilometres (71 mi) south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega with the Riverina.

At the 2016 census, Cooma had a population of 6,742. Cooma is the main town of the Monaro region. It is 800 metres (2,620 ft) above sea level. The name could have derived from an Aboriginal word Coombah, meaning 'big lake' or 'open country'.

Cooma is 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, a main tributary of the Murray–Darling basin. Cooma sources its water from the river.

Cooma was explored by Captain J. M. Currie in 1823. It was first surveyed in 1840, and was gazetted in 1849. Cooma was proclaimed a municipality in 1879.

The railway from Sydney was extended from Royalla to Cooma in 1889 under the supervision of John Whitton. The line was closed to rail passenger traffic in 1989. The estimated population of Cooma was 47 in 1851 and it grew to 2330 (1911), 1969 (1933), 2249 (1947), 9103 (1966), 7353 (1976) and 7978 (1981).

In 1949, the town became the headquarters of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and grew rapidly. Those working on the Snowy Scheme depended on the railway and during construction of the scheme, the railways were one of the largest employers in the region. In 1959 the tenth anniversary of the scheme was celebrated with the erection of an avenue of flags representing the 27 nationalities of people working on the scheme.

NSW TrainLink operate road coach services from Canberra to Bombala and Eden.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coom

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Drayton North Qld Aust cds (Dell & Price type 5i)- 7th November 1960

Phoenix says:

Drayton PO 1/1/1846; closed 31/12/1977.
Drayton North PO 11/12/1950.

Dell & Price - Drayton/Drayton North

Drayton is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland. In the 2016 census, Drayton had a population of 1,710.

Drayton is at the outer southwestern edge of Toowoomba. It was first substantial settlement on the Darling Downs, initially being established in 1842. The nearby township of Toowoomba expanded more rapidly than Drayton, and in the 1860s the centre of population shifted to Toowoomba, leaving Drayton as a southwestern suburb.

The Drayton area was known as The Springs from around 1840 to 1847.

In August 1842, Thomas Alford established a store at Drayton. He also built his home and established a post office. He is believed to have named the area Drayton after Drayton, Somersetshire, England.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drayton,_Queensland

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Belmont NSW Aust cds - 31st October 1960

Phoenix says Belmont PO 1/9/1877.

Belmont is a suburb in the City of Lake Macquarie New South Wales, Australia, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. According to the 2016 census of population, there were 7,114 people in Belmont.

Belmont is situated on a sandy peninsula formed by the Tasman Sea on the east and Lake Macquarie.

Thomas Williamson (1833–1880) was born in the northernmost island of Unst, Shetland Islands in a town called Belmont. He was the third settler in the Lake Macquarie area and in 1865 selected 100 acres, including Bahtahbah (site of Rev. Threlkeld's old Aboriginal mission) to settle. On the rising land leading to the top of the hill, near the corner of Walter and Victoria Streets (and what became, many years later the Infants School) he built a large residence to serve as a guest house, naming it after the town of his birth "Belmont" House. It is thought the village which grew up around it may have assumed the name from the house.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Cryon NSW Aust cds - 26th October 1960

Phoenix says Cryon RO 29/7/1918; PO 1/1/1921; closed 30/3/1979

Cryon is a parish and hamlet in the north-west of New South Wales, Australia. It lies in the Walgett Shire and is situated 685 km (426 mi) from Sydney, 130 km (81 mi) west of Narrabri and 52 km (32 mi) east of Walgett on the Kamilaroi Highway. The settlement sits at an altitude of about 146 metres (479 ft). When the Walgett railway line arrived here in 1905 this was a thriving settlement with a variety of businesses including a hotel and stores. For quite a few years it was the loading point for cattle from South West Queensland that were railed to the Sydney market. The railway now only carries freight (grain).

Only a few buildings remain, together with a wheat silo and several new bunker storages.

The main industry is wheat farming with some livestock raised.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryon,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Bendemeer NSW Aust cds - 27th October 1960

Phoenix says Bendemeer PO 1/7/1852.

Bendemeeris a village of 485 people on the Macdonald River in the New England region of New South Wales. It is situated at the junction of the New England and Oxley Highways. Bendemeer is also famous for producing the number one fast bowler in the world, Josh Hazlewood.

The first European settlement was in 1834, with the establishment of a sheep station at a river crossing on what would become the McDonald River. By 1851 a small village had grown around the station, which was known as McDonald River.

In 1854 the village was renamed Bendemeer after a line in the 1817 poem Lalla-Rookh by Thomas Moore. Moore was referring to a stream that ran through the ruined city of Persepolis in modern-day Iran. The word "bendemeer" is a loose translation of the Persian bund (embankment) and amir (a local ruler). It was proposed as the village name by Thomas Perry, a local farmer whose grandfather had maintained a friendship with both Moore and the first New South Wales Surveyor General, Thomas Mitchell.

In 1864 the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt carried out one of his first armed robberies by holding up the northern mail as it passed through Bendemeer.

The first bridge over the McDonald River was constructed in 1874, and the steel and timber truss bridge was opened on 29 September 1905. A historic engineering marker was erected near this bridge in 2005. The bridge now in use through the village is a low level concrete structure.

On 10 September 2012, Bendemeer became one of the first Australian villages where National Broadband Network 12 Mbit/s dedicated wireless broadband services can be purchased.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendemeer,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Bundanoon NSW cds - 3rd November 1960

Phoenix says:

Jordan's Crossing Renamed from Bundanoon PO 1/5/1872; renamed Bundanoon PO 21/4/1881.
Bundanoon Renamed from Jordan's Crossing PO 21/4/1881.

Phoenix does not mention the earlier Bundanoon, if indeed there was one?

Bundanoon is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, in Wingecarribee Shire, on Gandangarra and Dharawal Country . It is an Aboriginal name meaning "place of deep gullies" and was formerly known as Jordan's Crossing. Bundanoon is colloquially known as Bundy/Bundi.

Bundanoon, like its fellow Southern Villages of the Southern Highlands, has had a boom-and-bust economic cycle. The town became a well-known tourist destination early in the 20th century; its picturesqueness and the scenery of what is now Morton National Park, combined with being served by the railway network, made it a pleasant and convenient holiday area for city dwellers who could not afford more expensive accommodations at the popular Blue Mountains resort area. By the 1950s, however, changes in lifestyle, particularly the affordability of the motor car, gave city dwellers more options and Bundanoon declined.

At the 2021 census there were 2,869 people residing in Bundanoon.

The town was originally named Jordan's Crossing. The change of name for post office was gazetted in April 1881,although it had been reported as "Bundanoon township at Jordan's Crossing" when a meeting was held in 1870 to establish the public school.

In July 2009 "Bundy on Tap", a community initiative in Bundanoon, declared itself opposed to the sale of bottled drinking water on environmental grounds; local businesses instead committed themselves to filling re-usable bottles with tap water on request. The issue of bottled water was to protest against companies Norlex and Coca-Cola (that owns Australian bottled water brands Neverfail and Mount Franklin) extracting water from the town's groundwater.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundanoon,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Gulgong NSW Aust cds - 29th October 1960

Phoenix says Gulgong PO 15/8/1870.

Gulgong is a 19th-century gold rush town in the Central Tablelands and the wider Central West region of New South Wales. The town is situated within the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area. It is located about 300 km (190 mi) north west of Sydney, and about 30 km north of Mudgee along the Castlereagh Highway. At the 2016 Census, Gulgong had a population of 2,521.

The name "Gulgong" is derived from the word used by the traditional inhabitants, the Wiradjuri, for "deep waterhole".

Lieutenant William Lawson passed through the area in November 1820 and again in 1821 and reported good grazing land in the region. This prompted the brothers George and Henry Cox, sons of William Cox, to take up land to the south of the Gudgegong River, while Lawson applied for land grants to the north. Others soon followed, taking up land with river frontage along the Gudgegong. Among the first to take formal possession was Richard Rouse who was granted land in 1825 by Governor Brisbane.

Gulgong came into existence after gold was discovered at Red Hill in 1870. The township was surveyed in August 1870. By the end of that year there were 800 people on the diggings, which yielded over 32 tons of gold in the 1870s. The Gulgong gold field was one of the last to be developed as "poor man's diggings", that is by individuals without substantial capital investment.

Novelist and bush poet Henry Lawson lived briefly in Gulgong as a child in the early 1870s, while his father sought instant wealth as a miner. A montage of goldrush-era Gulgong street scenes was used as a backdrop to the portrait of Lawson on the first Australian ten dollar note (which was in use from 1966 until replaced by a polymer banknote in November 1993).

Gulgong is at the junction of the Sandy Hollow line (which runs west from Muswellbrook) and the Gwabegar line (which runs north-south from Gwabegar to Wallerawang). A section of the Gwabegar railway line south of Gulgong to Kandos has been closed since 30 June 2007.

[url][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulgong/url]

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Cabramurra NSW Aust cds - 28th October 1960

Phoenix says Cabramurra TO 17/10/1953; PO 9/11/1953.

Cabramurra was the third-highest permanently inhabited town on the Australian continent, situated at 1,488 metres (4,882 ft) in the western Snowy Mountains (or South West Slopes) of the Great Dividing Range, in the state of New South Wales. It is 82 metres (269 ft) lower than Dinner Plain in Victoria, and 272 metres (892 ft) lower than Charlotte Pass Village in New South Wales.

Cabramurra was established in 1954 using prefabricated houses, as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and associated Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme. An earlier surveying camp had been established there in 1951. The town was moved some 500m and 20m vertically to a more sheltered position, its current site, in 1974, leaving the original site as the lookout. The original houses were either demolished or relocated to Talbingo, Adaminaby and Jindabyne. The new houses were built with Besser blocks to a design specifically tailored to the environment. Long steep roofs allow snow to slide off, and the interiors are designed around a central heater (originally fuelled by oil) which warms all rooms in the house either directly or indirectly (chimney passes between upstairs bedrooms). All power and phone lines are routed underground.

Cabramurra is a 'company town', being the place of residence for workers in the nearby Tumut 1 and Tumut 2 power stations and electrical switching yards, and Tumut Pondage dam. Only persons directly employed by Snowy Hydro, and their families, are permitted to live in the town.

The town is located within the boundaries of Kosciuszko National Park, on the road between Kiandra on the Snowy Mountains Highway to the north and Khancoban, another hydro-electric power site, to the south. The road is kept open to and beyond Kiandra by snow plough during winter, also serving the Selwyn Snowfields. The road south of Tumut Pond Dam is closed to traffic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabramurra,_New_South_Wales

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with West Kempsey NSW cds - 1st November 1960

Phoenix says:

East Kempsey PO 1/9/1860; closed 15/8/1901.
Kempsey PO 1/9/1843.
Kempsey Heights PO 1/2/1951; closed 31/10/1986.
Kempsey South PO 1/2/1947; closed 30/5/1986.
West Kempsey PO 1/7/1870.

Kempsey is a town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia and is the council seat for Kempsey Shire. It is located roughly 16.5 kilometres inland from the coast of the Pacific Ocean, on the Macleay Valley Way near where the Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line cross the Macleay River. It is roughly 430 kilometres north of Sydney. As of June 2018 Kempsey had a population of 15,309 (2018).

The first European settler in the Kempsey district was named Enoch William Rudder, in 1835, who had purchased a land grant of 802 acres (325 ha) from its first owner, Samuel Onions.[citation needed]In 1836, runs held by squatters lying outside the sphere of colonial jurisdiction were absorbed into the southern legal framework.

Enoch William Rudder is credited with founding the settlement. He arrived from Birmingham in 1834 and bought land on the southern bank of the river in 1836, at what was then the limit of authorized settlement (the boundary of County Macquarie). He was initially attracted by red cedar cutting opportunities but planned also to profit by selling parts of his land. A government town was surveyed at West Kempsey and government facilities moved there when it became clear that no town would form around the police station and courthouse at Belgrave Falls. Rudder's settlement was renamed East Kempsey.

Until a new 14.5 kilometre bypass opened on 27 March 2013, the Pacific Highway passed through Kempsey. The former alignment is now known as the Macleay Valley Way. The new bypass included a 3.2 kilometre Macleay River Bridge, the longest bridge in Australia.

Kempsey initially flourished as a center for logging and sawmilling. Large reserves of Australian red cedar Toona australis, (sold in Britain and the US as "Indian mahogany") were extracted down until the 1920s, and with greater difficulty until the 1960s, by which time the resource was effectively exhausted. Dairying was the major industry in the area until the 1960s, with a Nestlé Milo factory at nearby Smithtown, and several cheese and butter factories.

Kempsey railway station is located on the North Coast line providing a connection to Sydney and Brisbane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kempsey,_New_South_Wales#European_settlement

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Narromine NSW Aust cds - 3rd November 1960

Phoenix says:

Narramine PO 20/10/1882; renamed Narromine PO 1/11/1900.
Narromine Renamed from Narramine PO 1/11/1900.

Narromine is a rural Australian town located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Dubbo in the Orana region of New South Wales. The town is at the centre of Narromine Shire. The 2016 census recorded a population of 3,528. Narromine holds strong historical ties to the Australian Military, as it was the location of RAAF No.19 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot (IAFD) during World War II.

The Mitchell Highway, named after the early explorer Sir Thomas Mitchell, is the main road from Dubbo to the West and also passes through Narromine.

The town name comes from a pastoral property, which in turn came from the Wiradjuri word 'ngarru-mayiny' meaning 'honey people'. The land lay within Wangaibon territory.

The first European to visit the district was John Oxley who traced the course of the Macquarie River in 1818.

The Main West railway line extension between Dubbo and Nevertire, which included Narromine, was officially opened on 20 October 1882. The town was established after the railway opened, the first structures in the town being the railway platforms. The township was gazetted in 1883, and the railway station opened on 1 May 1883. It was renamed to its current spelling in October 1889. Narramine Post Office opened on 20 October 1882 and was renamed Narromine in November 1900. The village of Narramine was proclaimed in July 1883, and numerous buildings followed, including the police station built in 1890, the store (1890) and the Royal Hotel (1890). A bridge over the Macquarie River was built in 1897. After federation, the population of Narromine was 2,228 in the 1911 census, and in 1947 the population was 1,816.

Held annually on the outskirts of Narromine and on the banks of the Bogan River, is the Mungery Picnic horse racing. The 1958 Melbourne Cup Winner, Baystone, was owned by the Burns family from Narromine – Robert Burns, and his two sons Norman and Noel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narromine

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Gladstone NSW cds - 31st October 1960

Phoenix says:

Gladstone (1) PO 1/7/1854; closed 1/12/1859.
Darkwater PO 1/9/1864; renamed Gladstone PO 1/9/1870.
Gladstone (2) Renamed from Darkwater PO 1/9/1870.

Gladstone and Smithtown are twin towns separated by the Macleay River. Gladstone township is one largely intact river town with close links to the development of the Macleay River. Gladstone is about 20kms south of South West Rocks & 65 kms north of Port MacQuarie. In the 2016 Census, there were 381 people in Gladstone (NSW).

The land where Gladstone is situated was marked for a village reserve in 1859. The first lots in Gladstone (formerly Darkwater, so named due to the tea tree leeching from Belmore river.) were sold in 1860, however, it was not until 1864 that the village was surveyed by Surveyor Ernst Herborn.

In 1870 the township of Darkwater became known as Gladstone and Darkwater Creek became known as Belmore River. The name changes commemorated the visit to the Macleay of the Earl of Belmore, Governor of New South Wales. Gladstone was the maiden name of the Governor’s wife.

Gladstone was a commercial centre. From its wharves, that once existed, passengers and freight destined for Austral Eden, the Belmore River, Kinchela, Kinchela Creek and other lower river areas were landed or dispatched.

https://theoldbankgladstone.com.au/history-%26-our-story#:~: ... %20centre.

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Woongoolba Queensland cds (Dell & Price type) - 22nd October 1960

Phoenix says:

Pimpana Island RO 28/10/1876; renamed Stegelit RO c.1897.
Stegelit Renamed from Pimpana Island RO c.1897; PO c.-/9/1910; renamed Woongoolba PO 6/6/1916.
Woongoolba Renamed from Stegelit PO 6/6/1916; closed 31/3/1978.

Dell & Price - Woongoolba Qld.

Woongoolba is a coastal rural locality in the northern part of City of Gold Coast, Queensland. In the 2016 census, Woongoolba had a population of 280.

The locality is bounded to the north by the Logan River and to the north-east by Moreton Bay.

The land is predominantly used for growing sugarcane except for the north-east of the locality which is used for aquaculture, mostly prawns. Parts of the north-east of the locality are marshland and undeveloped.

In the late 1800s, the farming district located between the Pimpama River and the Logan River called Pimpama Island and encompasses the modern localities of Jacobs Well, Norwell, Steiglitz and Woongoolba. It was referred to as an island because there were a number of lagoons and swamps that isolated the area during the wet season; however, this disadvantage made it good land for growing sugar cane.

The name Woongoolba is believed to be an Aboriginal word for the geebung tree.

The district was predominantly settled by German immigrants who arrived in the period 1864–1900.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woongoolba,_Queensland

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Nyngan NSW Aust cds - 20th October 1960

Phoenix says:

Nyngan PO 16/9/1880.
Nyngan Freezing Works RO 1/2/1911; PO 1/7/1927; closed 7/2/1942.

Nyngan is a town in the centre of New South Wales, Australia, in the Bogan Shire local government area within the Orana Region of central New South Wales. At the 2016 census, Nyngan had a population of 1,988 people. Nyngan is situated on the Bogan River between Narromine and Bourke, on the junction of the Mitchell Highway and Barrier Highway, 656 km (408 mi) south of Charleville and 576 km (358 mi) north-west of Sydney by road. The Barrier Highway starts at Nyngan, and runs west to Cobar and on through Wilcannia and Broken Hill into South Australia.

Nyngan Airport is a small airport just north of the town centre. Nyngan also lies on the Main Western railway line of New South Wales but is no longer served by passenger trains. The line remains open to freight traffic.

About 70 km (43 mi) south of the town, a cairn was erected in 1988 marking the centre of NSW.

Thomas Mitchell explored the Bogan River in 1835, camping on the future townsite. He recorded the local Aboriginal word nyingan, said to mean 'long pond of water', though other meanings have been put forward, such as mussel or crayfish. Squatters had settled in Mitchell's wake before he had begun his return journey. The town flourished after completion of the railway line in 1883.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyngan

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1960 Centenary Melbourne Cup 5d stamp on piece postmarked with Poatina Tas cds - 21st October 1960

Phoenix says Poatina PO 1/1/1959; closed 30/7/1993.

Poatina (derived from an indigenous word for "cave") is a town in Tasmania, Australia 60 km south of Launceston. The Western Tiers mountain range surrounds Poatina.

Poatina Village was constructed in the 1960s to house the work force of the Poatina Power Station, which was commissioned in 1964. Hydro Tasmania sold the village in 1995 to Fusion Australia, an Australian Christian not-for-profit youth and community organisation. In 2010, Poatina was described as "a tightly knit Christian community".

As of 2014, the Poatina Chalet was part of a resort area owned by Fusion Australia. At that time, Poatina was home to a Golden Chain Motel, Mountain View Restaurant, a metal fabrication workshop, a hot glass studio, a golf course, a private school, and an artists' community. As of 2020, Poatina had "streets...lined with 1950s houses," "a general store, a petrol pump and even a phone box".

The 2016 census reported that Poatina had a population of 96.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poatina,_Tasmania