Tilba, New South Wales

Coordinates: 36°19′S 150°04′E / 36.317°S 150.067°E / -36.317; 150.067
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Central Tilba
New South Wales
A view of Central Tilba
Central Tilba is located in New South Wales
Central Tilba
Central Tilba
Coordinates36°19′S 150°04′E / 36.317°S 150.067°E / -36.317; 150.067
Population288 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2546
LGA(s)Eurobodalla Shire
State electorate(s)Bega
Federal division(s)Eden-Monaro

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Gulaga and Central Tilba
1NeTilba, New South Wales.
Tilba Rifle Brigade approx 1904–1906 Clem Bate officer in front. Taken in Main Street of Central Tilba
The Dromedary Hotel in 2024 (before 1936 it was called The Palace Hotel) Bate Street, Tilba

Central Tilba and Tilba Tilba are two villages near the Princes Highway in Eurobodalla Shire, New South Wales, Australia. At the 2016 census, Central Tilba and surrounding areas had a population of 288[1] (Tilba Tilba had 95).

In 1891, in Tilba Tilba the brothers Sam and Henry Bate, had an argument about how to develop the town. Sam disagreed with his brother and so, 3 kilometres up the mountain, established Central Tilba.[2]

History[edit]

The area was originally inhabited by the Yuin people, an Aboriginal nation. Tilba Tilba is the original name of the district, and is said to mean "many waters" in the Thawa language.[3]

The town was settled during the Australian gold rushes of the nineteenth century, and was the home town of the Bate family, of political renown.[citation needed]

By 1896, there was a bridge across the Wallaga Lake linking Tilba to Bermagui to which the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company ran four services a week. At that time the mail service ran every day except Sunday from Sydney by train to Tarago (east of Lake George), then by coach via Braidwood, Araluen, and the Deua River valley to Moruya then Tilba and on to Bega.[4]

Location and description[edit]

Central Tilba is located around 10 kilometres (6 mi) south south west of Narooma and is 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Bega.[3] The entire village is classified by the National Trust as the Central Tilba Conservation Area.[5]

Attractions[edit]

The ABC Cheese Factory in Central Tilba was in operation from September 1891[6] until 2006 and it remains a local attraction. The Tilba Factory was purchased in 2012 by two local dairy farmers who installed new cheese-making and milk-bottling equipment, bringing back the tradition of dairy manufacture to the Tilba area. The milk bottled and cheese made on site are from two local dairy farms, one in Tilba one in Cobargo. In 2006 there were 19 locals employed at the Tilba Factory, where they were producing award-winning cheese, yoghurt, milk and cream made from jersey milk.[7] As of 2021 the business is called Tilba Real Dairy.[8]

Gulaga / Mount Dromedary, an extinct volcano which created the geological composition of the area, including the nearby Najanuka / Little Dromedary Mountain to the south, rises above Central Tilba.[9]

In media[edit]

It is the site for the television series: River Cottage Australia.[citation needed]

From the ABC Coffee Palace to the Dromedary Hotel[edit]

Today's Hotel was constructed in 1895 for Jim and Emma Livingstone (nee Southam). It is said that it was built from wood recycled from the ships that docked at Bermagui harbour.[10] The building opened for business as the ABC Coffee Palace.

Several times Mr Priddle, by then the owner, applied to the Moruya Licensing Court, for a Publican’s licence for the premises. At the third attempt on Tuesday 3 October 1899, he was successful.[11] In his successful application, Priddle said The Coffee Palace did not pay, and the shareholders had sold out. He said the building was on the main south coast road and had recently been renovated. He reported that the building has 12 rooms, an 8-stall stable, and 2 water closets.

From that date, the licence of the Palace Hotel changed hands frequently. In 1924 the Yass Courier said the Hotel has probably changed hands more than any other hotel on the coast.[12][13]

In 1901 Priddle sold out to Mr G Kelly[14] In 1903 the licence was held by Frank Sceats.[15] In 1904 the licensee was E C Simmons.[16] In 1911, the licence was transferred to William Livingstone.[17] In November 1911, Livingstone returned to farming and sold the licence to H E Townsend.[18] By December of 1914, the licence was held by Horace Gibb.[19] In 1915 the business was purchased by A E Pauling.[20] In 1919, the licencee was Mrs Hogan. In that year, she sold the business to Andrew Hogg.[21] In 1921 the licencee was Arthur L W Leslie.[22] who sold it that year to J Turnbull.[23] In 1923 Turnbull sold it to S Turnbull (no relation).[24] The next year Mr Moran took over.[25] In 1924 it was bought by Mr Livingstone who it was rumoured was planning to move and extend the building to a frontage on what was now being called the Prince's Highway. (He did neither.)[26] In 1927 W J Donnelly bought the licence from Mrs Speight.[27] In 1931 Donnelly sold the business to Ben Sutherland.[28]

In 1934, the Licenses Reduction Board gave notice that the licence would be surrendered and that the hotel would cease trading on 1 July 1935.[29][30]

Then news came that 'for some unknown reason', the Hotel had been granted a new license to be held by Leo Lynch.[31] In August 1935, it was announced that the Hotel would be renovated, hot and cold water and a septic tank would be installed and the name changed to the Dromedary. Readers will agree, said the Cobargo Chronicle, that this is quite a suitable name.[32]

In June 1936, the Hotel was 'relit' with electricity.[33]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Central Tilba (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 December 2013. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "TIMESTYLE". The Canberra Times. Vol. 58, no. 17, 647. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 January 1984. p. 13 (SUNDAY EDITION). Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b "Tilba Tilba". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "Tilba Tilba". Evening News. No. 9007. New South Wales, Australia. 17 April 1896. p. 7. Retrieved 1 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Central Tilba". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 10 September 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2006.
  6. ^ "Taken at Tilba" (PDF). National Library of Australia. 1983.
  7. ^ "Century-old cheese factory changes hands". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 April 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  8. ^ "ABC Cheese Factory". Visitnsw.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Gulaga / Mt Dromedary Mining Heritage and Geology". Geological Sites of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  10. ^ https://www.dromedaryhotel.com.au/history. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ "Licensing Court". Moruya Examiner. Vol. XXVI. New South Wales, Australia. 6 October 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Bega News". The Yass Courier. Vol. LXX3, no. 3165. New South Wales, Australia. 28 July 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "BEGA". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus. Vol. XII, no. 49. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "COASTAL AND OTHER PARS". The Cobargo Chronicle. Vol. III, no. 153. New South Wales, Australia. 4 October 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "THE LIQUOR ACT". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 20, 273. New South Wales, Australia. 2 March 1903. p. 7. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "THE TILBAS". The Cobargo Chronicle. Vol. VI, no. 278. New South Wales, Australia. 25 March 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "OUR NEIGHBOURS". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus. Vol. XII, no. 26. New South Wales, Australia. 30 June 1911. p. 18. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ "NORTH BEGA PARK". Southern Star. Vol. XII, no. 96. New South Wales, Australia. 25 November 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS". The Cobargo Chronicle. Vol. XVII, no. 901. New South Wales, Australia. 4 December 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS". The Cobargo Chronicle. Vol. XVII, no. 907. New South Wales, Australia. 16 January 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS". The Cobargo Chronicle. Vol. XVII, no. 971. New South Wales, Australia. 9 August 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS". The Richmond River Herald And Northern Districts Advertiser. Vol. 35, no. 2338. New South Wales, Australia. 11 March 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. ^ "DISTRICT NEWS". The Cobargo Chronicle. Vol. XVIII, no. 1090. New South Wales, Australia. 17 December 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  24. ^ "Local and General News". The Cobargo Chronicle. Vol. XXV, no. 1281. New South Wales, Australia. 4 August 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  25. ^ "Tilba District". The Cobargo Chronicle. Vol. XXV, no. 1330. New South Wales, Australia. 19 July 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  26. ^ "Tilba District". The Cobargo Chronicle. Vol. XXV, no. 1337. New South Wales, Australia. 6 September 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  27. ^ "IS LAW "A HASS?"". The Braidwood Review And District Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 23 August 1927. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  28. ^ "LOCAL and GENERAL". The Cobargo Chronicle. Vol. XXX, no. 1678. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  29. ^ "COBARGO". The Southern Record and Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 28 September 1934. p. 7. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  30. ^ "PALACE HOTEL Central Tilba". The Cobargo Chronicle. New South Wales, Australia. 16 November 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  31. ^ "COBARGO". The Southern Record and Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 26 July 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  32. ^ "Central Tilba". The Cobargo Chronicle. New South Wales, Australia. 23 August 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  33. ^ "Central Tilba". The Cobargo Chronicle. New South Wales, Australia. 26 June 1936. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

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