Living history: The Wellingrove era

By Eve Chappell
Updated September 20 2017 - 10:34am, first published September 18 2017 - 10:32am
The Wellingrove Woolpack Inn: George  Polhill was the first licensee.
The Wellingrove Woolpack Inn: George Polhill was the first licensee.

The year 1838 saw the first white settlement in our district when land seekers sailed up the Hunter River to Morpeth and continued overland with bullock drays, carrying enough food to last until they could return to Morpeth for more supplies.

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