PART 3
Bribbaree, in addition to its immediate surroundings, serves a large district.
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A well known resident on Bribbaree was Harry Heidtmann who selected land on the east end of the hill, now known as Tubbul siding.
Harry carted his produce for sale to Young by dray and as back loading would bring his needs home.
Returning home one evening his dray went into a rut and ran off the road near Tubbul.
His wife asleep in the dray was jolted off. Harry oblivious to the fact continued on, when he realised what had happened he returned in the darkness and picked his wife up.
Harry's fine property has passed into the possession of Cr Ashley Boyd.
The road where the ruts were is now a speedway, a speed way for our other Shire Councillors.
Among those that have served as a Shire Councillor was Walter Sharrock, whose people were among the group who settled around 1880 in the Tubbul and Bribbaree area.
He was a Councillor for many years and has been President for many years.
Stan Murphy, who came to Bribbaree from Boorowa in 1928 also served on the council.
Maurice West is a district representative on the P.P. Board as were George Caldwell, Tom West, Dan and Neville Shouten. This district in the early days was controlled from Morangorell police station.
The village area was controlled from Tubbul in 1918,then Bimbi again, then Quandialla.
Then it was changed again to Bribbaree in about 1918 and then a further change to Bribbaree which is a compromise between Bribary and Bribara, the Aboriginal name for the hill on the Bribbaree- Young road in front of Fred Hunters'.
Hon. W. A. Holman, early member for the Temora electorate, and later Premier of NSW was the first to suggest a railway to link the Southern and Western railway systems.
About 1907 the first survey of the Stockinbingal- Forbes line was made and it was through Bimbi.
A railway league was formed at Tubbul. William and Jim Anderson of Tubbul and Tom Carr and Tom Downey represented Bribbaree.
There was a move to go west of Bimbi, the works committee held an inquiry in Bimbi. Mainly on the evidence of Harry Conn, who had a property on the Bland.
The Bland was considered out of bounds by many as a wheat area-the years have proved them wrong.
Work started on the line in 1912, by 1914 the first train was into Caragabal, a distance of 52 miles.
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