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prolific orchard, the property of Mr. M'Whirter". A public school had been erected "in a central position", but "stands isolated at a distance from the township". The writer considered the "chief obstacle to the prosperity of the place" to be "the difficulty of getting there". Within three miles of the township there were two ways to reach
Binnaway: "one is through a black sticky bog of considerable depth; the other, down and up dangerous, precipitous tracks".
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Binnaway established the township as an important railway junction. In 1925 a locomotive barracks was built in Binnaway. In 1930 the population had reached about 750 and the
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In March 1887 Binnaway was described as a settlement on the
Castlereagh River at the "centre of a most fertile country, where grass, feed, and water abound". The population was considered to be "rather scattered", but the township "boasts of a store, post-office, accommodation house, and a most
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Dunedoo and Binnaway was opened and by June 1917 the line had been extended through to Coonabarabran. In 1917 the population of the town and district was about 200, but within three years the population had more than doubled. The railway boosted local
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Binnaway stands on part of the 'Mowabla' pastoral run of 16 thousand acres, taken up in 1848 by William Lawson. In the early 1850s the leasehold was purchased by David Innes Watt. The district pastoral runs began to be broken up from the 1860s after the passing of the
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In a 1876 Naseby lodged a subdivision plan encompassing "for the
Private Village of Binnaway". In February 1876 John McWhirter of Spring Vale, Binnaway, was granted a "Wine, Cider and Perry Licence". In March 1876 a post office was established at Binnaway, "between
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In 1904 David Innes Watt surrendered 100 acres of his property 'Ulindah', which adjoined Naseby's subdivision, for the establishment of a village. The
Binnaway village boundaries were proclaimed in June 1909 and 42 allotments were sold in the following November.
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