Hi Gilgandra-Ites, Dad used to talk often of “Berida” station and as a young bloke he off-sided for Mr Billy Diggs who was contracted, year unknown, to cart the wool clip from “Berida” Across to the Curban Railway siding on his horse drawn wagon. The days were long, rising very early and at times on frosty cold mornings, catching and harnessing the horses, loading the heavy bales of wool and setting off for Curban, hoping not to get bogged on the black soil plains as you neared the Rail head, and then unloading the bales from the wagon and stacking them on the waiting rail trucks at the siding before heading back to “Berida” to prepare to do it all over again the next day. (Dad reckoned they were long days and hard work and maybe that contributed to his dislike of horses!! He reckoned there was only need for two laws in the country: (1) No horses & (2) No Insurance or car salesmen!!) Our rural history interests me and in particular history that is connected to Gil, so I took Terri Kelly’s advice and visited the Trove website & plugged in “Berida Station” & it came up with some great photos from the Frank Hurley (1885-1962) collection which would seem to be taken maybe around the 1936 era? So here are a few photos of the station in its heyday and I hope you enjoy them. The smiling lady in one of the shots surrounded by wool is Mrs Olive McCutcheon.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 07:41:59 +0000
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