Ungarie, New South Wales
Encyclopedia
Ungarie is a town in New South Wales
, Australia
which is the second major town of the Bland Shire
, located in the Central West
region of New South Wales
. It is located 513 kilometres (318.8 mi) west of Sydney
and 615 kilometres (382.1 mi) north of Melbourne
, between the towns of West Wyalong
and Lake Cargelligo
and is situated 262 metres (859.6 ft) above sea level. The town's name is derived from an Indigenous Australian word meaning 'thigh'.
, explorer and NSW surveyor general, was probably the first European to cross through what is now the Ungarie district. This was part of his investigation of the Lachlan
Valley area in May 1817. In describing the country he had penetrated he said:
He was of course proven wrong and the land west of Bathurst
soon opened up. It was about 1852 that John Regan explored the back country of what is now West Wyalong in search of more station country. The Regans had a property east of West Wyalong called The Bland. Soon after he continued to explore further west and came upon the creek that he called The Humbug.
His group was so impressed by the land that it was taken up. A Mr Ward entered into partnership with one of Regan’s friend, a Mr Wood. They called the new run Merrigreen which consisted of 42220 acres (170.9 km²). After Regan’s explorations more men came to take up various stations.
Wollongough was taken up by Carlo Marino around 1871, followed by the King Family in 1878 and later by John Bros. In 1866 Roger Freeling took up Ungarie Station.
It was around about 1871 that the farming residents in the vicinity of the Humbug took up a petition for a Post Office to be established at Wollongough as they argued that the nearest post office at Marsden was too far away, 81 kilometres (50.3 mi). The postmaster at Forbes
reported that about 20 to 30 residents would benefit from a post office.
Mr George Tout was appointed postmaster on 1 January 1872 with an allowance of ten pounds per annum. The post office closed in 1875 because of some disagreements regarding the cost of the tender for the mail service. There often appeared to be some concern expressed by postmaster Tout regarding the conditions and the viability of the Post office. Once the post office was established a small settlement began to grow.
Mr Tout had erected, at his own cost, an apartment adjoining the post office. It is believed that this was the first building in Ungarie and it was believed to have been located at the rear of Navin’s store on the creek.
The old hotel was owned by Mrs Kerwin, and a portion of it, which still stands at the rear of the butcher’s shop was the dining room and was built around 1883 by Mr Tout. In 1889 the hotel was sold to the Mackrell family who came here from Wardry, where they conducted a hotel business.
By 1892 the settlement comprised a post office, a hotel, two general stores, a blacksmith shop, a butchery and a boarding house. It was Mr Mackrell who apparently led a group for the establishment of a school in 1891. Even at this stage the Ungarie settlement did not have the distinction of being gazetted as a village and it was in November 1891 that application was made for Ungarie to be established as a village. Following this, Surveyor A. Maitland reported that a village should be surveyed on the south side of the Euglo or Humbug creek in a position which would now be mid-way between the present township and the original business place adjacent to the east.
Nothing had yet been finalised, so a petition was submitted to the Minister of Lands, urging a survey for a village. Surveyor Roberts reported in December 1892 that a more suitable site existed on the north side of Euglo or Humbug creek opposite the present day township. In September 1893 Surveyor A. Maitland surveyed the village on this site covering an area of 250 acres (1 km²). This was gazetted as the village of Ungarie on 31 March 1894.
The first police residence appeared from Yarrandale in 1896, however it is not exactly clear when the first police constable took up duties. The current police house was built in 1995.
By 1900 the village of Ungarie began to grow and a baker shop was added to the list of services provided in the town.
The current village of Ungarie includes a central school, an Australian rules football/cricket ground, a post office, a pub, a butchery, a fuel station, a mechanic, an AGnVET, a swimming pool, a retirement home and a Catholic church.
In 1916, Ungarie became one of the foundation clubs of the Northern Riverina Football League
(NRFL), with the town acquiring horizontal black and white stripes for its jumper and becoming the Ungarie Magpies. Over the next hundred years, the Ungarie Football Club
fought through thick and thin to become one of the oldest current clubs in the competition. It was during these hundred years that the Magpies acquired more than twenty NRFL seniors premierships, helped bring the junior football and women's netball leagues into the competition and trained one of the most famous footballing families in history, the Danihers.
The four Daniher brothers (Terry
, Neale
, Anthony
and Chris
) went on to play a total of 752 games for the South Melbourne/Sydney
and Essendon
Football Clubs over 23 seasons, the most games by any group of brothers in AFL history; they also won three AFL premierships between them and one of them (Neale) went on to coach the Melbourne Football Club from 1998-2007. The Magpies also trained Ben Fixter
, who played 54 games for the Sydney and Brisbane
Football Clubs.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
which is the second major town of the Bland Shire
Bland Shire, New South Wales
Bland Shire is a Local Government Area in the Central West of New South Wales on the Newell and Mid-Western Highways.The council's name honours William Bland....
, located in the Central West
Central West, New South Wales
The Central West region refers to the area west of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. It has an area of 63,262 square kilometers....
region of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
. It is located 513 kilometres (318.8 mi) west of Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
and 615 kilometres (382.1 mi) north of Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, between the towns of West Wyalong
West Wyalong, New South Wales
West Wyalong is a town in New South Wales, Australia which is the main town of the Bland Shire, located in the Central West region of New South Wales. It is located 467 km west of Sydney. It is located on the crossroads of the Newell Highway between Melbourne and Brisbane, and the Mid-Western...
and Lake Cargelligo
Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales
Lake Cargelligo is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, on Lake Cargelligo. It is in Lachlan Shire. At the 2006 census, Lake Cargelligo had a population of 1,146 people. Its name is said to be a corruption of the Aboriginal word 'Kartjellakoo' meaning 'he had a...
and is situated 262 metres (859.6 ft) above sea level. The town's name is derived from an Indigenous Australian word meaning 'thigh'.
History
John OxleyJohn Oxley
John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of English colonisation.October 1802 he was engaged in coastal survey work including an expedition to Western Port in 1804-05...
, explorer and NSW surveyor general, was probably the first European to cross through what is now the Ungarie district. This was part of his investigation of the Lachlan
Lachlan River
- Course :The river rises in the central highland of New South Wales, part of the Great Dividing Range, 13 km east of Gunning. Its major headwaters, the Carcoar River, the Belubula River and the Abercrombie River converge near the town of Cowra. Minor tributaries include the Morongla Creek...
Valley area in May 1817. In describing the country he had penetrated he said:
"For the want of timber, grass and water, this country will never be inhabited by civilised man."
He was of course proven wrong and the land west of Bathurst
Bathurst, New South Wales
-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...
soon opened up. It was about 1852 that John Regan explored the back country of what is now West Wyalong in search of more station country. The Regans had a property east of West Wyalong called The Bland. Soon after he continued to explore further west and came upon the creek that he called The Humbug.
His group was so impressed by the land that it was taken up. A Mr Ward entered into partnership with one of Regan’s friend, a Mr Wood. They called the new run Merrigreen which consisted of 42220 acres (170.9 km²). After Regan’s explorations more men came to take up various stations.
Wollongough was taken up by Carlo Marino around 1871, followed by the King Family in 1878 and later by John Bros. In 1866 Roger Freeling took up Ungarie Station.
It was around about 1871 that the farming residents in the vicinity of the Humbug took up a petition for a Post Office to be established at Wollongough as they argued that the nearest post office at Marsden was too far away, 81 kilometres (50.3 mi). The postmaster at Forbes
Forbes, New South Wales
-Notable residents:*Carolyn Simpson - Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; Member of the first all-female bench to sit in an Australian court*NSW Deputy Premier Carmel Tebbutt was born and raised in Forbes....
reported that about 20 to 30 residents would benefit from a post office.
Mr George Tout was appointed postmaster on 1 January 1872 with an allowance of ten pounds per annum. The post office closed in 1875 because of some disagreements regarding the cost of the tender for the mail service. There often appeared to be some concern expressed by postmaster Tout regarding the conditions and the viability of the Post office. Once the post office was established a small settlement began to grow.
Mr Tout had erected, at his own cost, an apartment adjoining the post office. It is believed that this was the first building in Ungarie and it was believed to have been located at the rear of Navin’s store on the creek.
The old hotel was owned by Mrs Kerwin, and a portion of it, which still stands at the rear of the butcher’s shop was the dining room and was built around 1883 by Mr Tout. In 1889 the hotel was sold to the Mackrell family who came here from Wardry, where they conducted a hotel business.
By 1892 the settlement comprised a post office, a hotel, two general stores, a blacksmith shop, a butchery and a boarding house. It was Mr Mackrell who apparently led a group for the establishment of a school in 1891. Even at this stage the Ungarie settlement did not have the distinction of being gazetted as a village and it was in November 1891 that application was made for Ungarie to be established as a village. Following this, Surveyor A. Maitland reported that a village should be surveyed on the south side of the Euglo or Humbug creek in a position which would now be mid-way between the present township and the original business place adjacent to the east.
Nothing had yet been finalised, so a petition was submitted to the Minister of Lands, urging a survey for a village. Surveyor Roberts reported in December 1892 that a more suitable site existed on the north side of Euglo or Humbug creek opposite the present day township. In September 1893 Surveyor A. Maitland surveyed the village on this site covering an area of 250 acres (1 km²). This was gazetted as the village of Ungarie on 31 March 1894.
The first police residence appeared from Yarrandale in 1896, however it is not exactly clear when the first police constable took up duties. The current police house was built in 1995.
By 1900 the village of Ungarie began to grow and a baker shop was added to the list of services provided in the town.
The current village of Ungarie includes a central school, an Australian rules football/cricket ground, a post office, a pub, a butchery, a fuel station, a mechanic, an AGnVET, a swimming pool, a retirement home and a Catholic church.
Places of interest
- White Elephant Water Tower
- Ungarie War Memorial Hall
- Ungarie Lawn Bowling Club
- Central Hotel
Sport
- Ungarie MagpiesUngarie Football ClubThe Ungarie Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club that plays in the Northern Riverina Football Netball League...
- Australian rules footballAustralian rules footballAustralian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
& netballNetballNetball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ... - Ungarie Cricket Club - CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Ungarie Tennis Club - TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Ungarie Bowling Club - Lawn Bowls
- Ungarie Swimming Club - SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
In 1916, Ungarie became one of the foundation clubs of the Northern Riverina Football League
Northern Riverina Football League
The Northern Riverina Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing seven clubs in the northern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The league features four grades in the Australian rules football competition, these being seniors, under 17s,...
(NRFL), with the town acquiring horizontal black and white stripes for its jumper and becoming the Ungarie Magpies. Over the next hundred years, the Ungarie Football Club
Ungarie Football Club
The Ungarie Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club that plays in the Northern Riverina Football Netball League...
fought through thick and thin to become one of the oldest current clubs in the competition. It was during these hundred years that the Magpies acquired more than twenty NRFL seniors premierships, helped bring the junior football and women's netball leagues into the competition and trained one of the most famous footballing families in history, the Danihers.
The four Daniher brothers (Terry
Terry Daniher
Terrence "Terry" John Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne and Essendon Football Clubs in the Australian Football League . Terry was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon, Collingwood, St Kilda and Carlton Football Clubs. Terry's brothers, Neale,...
, Neale
Neale Daniher
Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club...
, Anthony
Anthony Daniher
Anthony Joseph Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne/Sydney and Essendon Football Clubs in the Australian Football League . Anthony's brothers, Terry, Neale and Chris, also played for Essendon in the AFL...
and Chris
Chris Daniher
Christopher "Chris" James Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . His brothers Terry, Neale and Anthony also played for Essendon in the AFL...
) went on to play a total of 752 games for the South Melbourne/Sydney
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
and Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
Football Clubs over 23 seasons, the most games by any group of brothers in AFL history; they also won three AFL premierships between them and one of them (Neale) went on to coach the Melbourne Football Club from 1998-2007. The Magpies also trained Ben Fixter
Ben Fixter
Ben Fixter is an Australian rules football player who played with the Sydney and Brisbane Football Clubs in the Australian Football League...
, who played 54 games for the Sydney and Brisbane
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
Football Clubs.
Notable people from the area
- Anthony DaniherAnthony DaniherAnthony Joseph Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne/Sydney and Essendon Football Clubs in the Australian Football League . Anthony's brothers, Terry, Neale and Chris, also played for Essendon in the AFL...
, former Australian rules footballer - Chris DaniherChris DaniherChristopher "Chris" James Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . His brothers Terry, Neale and Anthony also played for Essendon in the AFL...
, former Australian rules footballer - Neale DaniherNeale DaniherNeale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club...
, former Australian rules footballer and coach - Terry DaniherTerry DaniherTerrence "Terry" John Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne and Essendon Football Clubs in the Australian Football League . Terry was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon, Collingwood, St Kilda and Carlton Football Clubs. Terry's brothers, Neale,...
, former Australian rules footballer - Raymond Boultwood EwersRaymond Boultwood EwersGeorge Boultwood "geoMAX" was an Australian sculptor, best known for his sculpture Australian Serviceman in the Australian War Memorial sculpture garden in Melbourne.Ewers was born in Wyalong, New South Wales...
, war sculptor - Ben FixterBen FixterBen Fixter is an Australian rules football player who played with the Sydney and Brisbane Football Clubs in the Australian Football League...
, former Australian rules footballer - John Kelly, former rugby league player
- Paul SmithPaul Smith (Australian actor)Paul Smith is a former Australian actor, most known for his role as the original Simon in the television sitcom Hey Dad...!, and as Steve in the children's series The Henderson Kids....
, actor
Surrounding towns
- TullibigealTullibigeal, New South WalesTullibigeal is a small farming community in the Central West region of New South Wales Australia.-Etymology:The name is an Aboriginal word for "yarran wooden spears," yarran being a native species of acacia.-Demographics:...
(39 km) - BurcherBurcher, New South WalesBurcher is a small rural village situated in central New South Wales, Australia, in Lachlan Shire. As of 2006, Burcher had a population of 185. Its main attractions include Lake Cowal, known for its diverse birdlife; and the Lake Cowal Gold Mine, an open cut mine situated south-east of Burcher.The...
(46 km) - Lake CargelligoLake Cargelligo, New South WalesLake Cargelligo is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, on Lake Cargelligo. It is in Lachlan Shire. At the 2006 census, Lake Cargelligo had a population of 1,146 people. Its name is said to be a corruption of the Aboriginal word 'Kartjellakoo' meaning 'he had a...
(75 km) - WeethalleWeethalleWeethalle is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is the Bland Shire Local government area and on the Mid-Western Highway, west of the state capital, Sydney, and north east of Griffith. At the 2006 census, Weethalle and the surrounding area had a population...
(57 km) - West WyalongWest Wyalong, New South WalesWest Wyalong is a town in New South Wales, Australia which is the main town of the Bland Shire, located in the Central West region of New South Wales. It is located 467 km west of Sydney. It is located on the crossroads of the Newell Highway between Melbourne and Brisbane, and the Mid-Western...
(44 km)
External links
- Bland Shire Council
- Central Hotel http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/NSW/ungarie.html
- Town and Country Tavern http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/NSW/ungarie.html
- Ungarie Railway Siding and Junction