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BRAIDWOOD. [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]

7 July 1859, Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), page 8

…The property adjacent to Bunhybee, over the ridge-line to the east, is Oranmeir , previously spelt Oronmear. This was an 870-acre property purchased by William Tarlinton in 1838. He had taken the name of his stepfather (the grantee of Tallaganda mentioned above). On 7 Jul 1859 in 'The Empire' in Sydney, a request for a Post Office at Oranmeir was supported by the statement that "large populations are growing up at ... Oranmeir".…

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SYDNEY TO KIANDRA. To the Editor of the Herald.

2 August 1860, The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), page 8

…M.N. O'Connell of Oranmeir wrote an excellent letter to the Sydney Morning Herald in August 1860 , arguing that what became the King's Highway was being put in the wrong place. He has a point.…

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SYDNEY NEWS.

18 March 1862, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), page 4

…An article in the Maitland Mercury of 18 March 1862 located a descent into the Big Hole (10km south and across the Shoalhaven) by reference to Oranmeir.…

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BRAIDWOOD.

1 December 1866, The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), page 6

…From 1862-67, "the Clarke gang of bushrangers led by brothers Tom and John Clarke of Ballalaba with uncles Pat and Tom [O']Connell of Oranmeir stole horses, robbed travellers, stores, hotels, homesteads". They were captured in April 1867 and hanged in June 1867. Here is one rendition of the story , and here is an 1866 newspaper report on a related matter .…

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Advertising

8 April 1869, Queanbeyan Age (NSW : 1867 - 1904), page 1

…Crown Land Sales in the area were reported in The Queanbeyan Age in April 1869 .…

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ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. BRAIDWOOD, Saturday.

19 August 1907, The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), page 8

…The death of a "well-known and prosperous farmer" Henry Warren was reported on the property in 1907 . 21 votes were cast in the 1918 election . A D.M. O'Connell was there in March 1920. A dingo's death was widely reported in 1937 . In 2011, Oranmeir is still owned by an O'Connell.…

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Monaro By-Election. P.L.L. Candidate Returned. MAJORITY, 1663 VOTES.

26 November 1918, Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer (NSW : 1915 - 1927), page 2

…The death of a "well-known and prosperous farmer" Henry Warren was reported on the property in 1907 . 21 votes were cast in the 1918 election . A D.M. O'Connell was there in March 1920. A dingo's death was widely reported in 1937 . In 2011, Oranmeir is still owned by an O'Connell.…

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24 June 1937, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), page 30

…The death of a "well-known and prosperous farmer" Henry Warren was reported on the property in 1907 . 21 votes were cast in the 1918 election . A D.M. O'Connell was there in March 1920. A dingo's death was widely reported in 1937 . In 2011, Oranmeir is still owned by an O'Connell.…

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FORESHADOWED CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY.

13 October 1875, Queanbeyan Age (NSW : 1867 - 1904), page 2

…The place-name Jerrabattgulla , is 3km to the south of Bunhybee. There is little to be found on the Web in that name, although there is mention of the Jerrabattgulla Public School, 1892-1957 . There are mentions in earlier times of its older name, e.g. in 1875, Mr George Szarka, half-time school teacher at Oranmeir and Jerrabatgully , "met with an accident of a most extraordinary character".…

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Sydney News.

13 February 1847, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), page 4

…In the Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser of 13 February 1847 , it was reported that, at the Berrima Assizes on 4 Feb 1847, George Beaton was found guilty of the wilful murder of John Kelly, at Ornmeir Creek, on the 24th December. The prisoner attacked the deceased's house in the night without provocation, and when deceased came out to remonstrate with him, prisoner attacked him, and stabbed him in the belly with a knife. Prisoner, in defence, said that deceased had followed him and beat him with a stick till he was insensible, and he did not know what occurred afterwards. Mr. Justice Therry passed sentence of death on him,…