…It was in January 1914 that the Mudgee Guardian advised its readers that a plan to survey a town had been presented to council and that for better or worse the new mining township had been christened Candos (formed, it is said, from the initials of some of the company officials)…
This article by Colleen O’Sullivan appeared in the Mudgee Guardian on 13 January 2014.
The featured image is of Kandos cement silos, taken before 1921 (from NSW State Library, Cement silos PXA1000_p05.jpg).
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Four things about me. I like reading, writing, researching and living in the country. In particular I like living at Kandos, where we have been for more than a decade. I have deep roots in this part of the country. My mother spent her early life in Kandos. My father was born at Rylstone. My grandparents were pioneers of Kandos and Rylstone. And I was born at Lue - and went to school in Mudgee. The history of this area excites me and I would like to share it with you.
My monthly blogs are posted on the 1st of each month. However I intend taking a six-month furlough from blogging to continue a project that has been sitting on the shelves for too long. Also, after 71 posts and 59 articles I feel a bit stale. I posted my first blog in May 2017.
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Colleen
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