Kandos a Rare 20th Century Town
What is this antagonism between Rylstone and Kandos? Where did it come from? Those are questions I have often asked myself since coming back to this area…
This article appeared in the Mudgee Guardian in May 2013.
The featured image is an early photo of Louee Street Rylstone.
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Kandos and Rylstone a century of rivalry
This article appeared in the Mudgee Guardian on 16 September 2013.
The featured image is the dining room at the Works Hostel.
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The idea of a ‘founder’ interests me. There is something satisfying about being able to identify the founder of a place. A founder is the beginning of a story…
This article appeared in the Mudgee Guardian on 17 September 2012.
The featured image is an early photo of the Globe Hotel taken from Old Images of Rylstone.
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One of the many lessons I learnt in the year of Kandos’s centenary was how streets are named. It is a long and careful process but it is sometimes flawed…
This article by Colleen O’Sullivan appeared in the Mudgee Guardian on 16 February 2015.
The featured image is of Bloodsworth Lane, named in 2014 to honour a 19th century Rylstone pioneer.
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Street Names Are Our Signposts-kandos-history
This article by Colleen O’Sullivan appeared in the Mudgee Guardian on 25 August 2014.
The featured image shows Shire President R K Evans receiving congratulations from Mudgee, brought by runner Laurie Williams.
The image at the end of the article is of Sir Roden Cutler and Mrs Cutler at Kandos in 1966.
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Joy and Jubilation for Kandos-kandos-history
This article appeared in the Mudgee Guardian on 14 October 2013.
The featured image is Dunns Swamp, formed by the cement works weir. Photo taken by the author.
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This article appeared in the Mudgee Guardian on 1 April 2013.
The featured image is Kandos Rotunda. Completed in 1930, it was one of a number of significant local projects undertaken in the Depression years.
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…Unless we are part of the justice system, a court house is a place which we would prefer not to visit. We respect it but avoid it. It reminds us that we are weak and powerless: capable of wrongdoing and fearful of the consequences. Just as, when going through customs or near the shrill alarm of a retail exit, we feel guilty even when we are innocent…
This article by Colleen O’Sullivan appeared in the Mudgee Guardian 17 November 2014.
The featured image is of Kandos Court House, probably photographed in 1939. It is from the collection of the late Lin Wilson.
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The Quality of Justice-kandos-history
…Although Kandos is only a century old we can identify many pioneers who came from afar to a “wild strange land”. Benit George is one, whose name is memorialised in George Street and whose land makes up a part of Kandos…
This article appeared in the Mudgee Guardian on 22 September 2014, two weeks before the Kandos Centenary celebrations.
The featured image is of Benit William George taken before his terrible accident.
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Not long ago the toilet was one of the unmentionables, a taboo subject. It was both ignored and fascinating. While adults draped the toilet in euphemisms, adolescents out-performed each other with crudities…
This article appeared in the Mudgee Guardian on 28 September 2015
The featured image is the Sewerage Treatment Plant at Kandos, taken by the author. It is a long way from the days of kerosene tins, trenches and dunny carts.
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This article appeared in the Mudgee Guardian on 19 January 2015.
The featured image is from Denise Jamieson’s collection via Rose Evans. It was taken in 1933 and shows staff, management and assets.
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Kandos History 