Pastoral Review, December 9, 1860: Picture to yourself a beautifully wooded country, undulating, and watered by numerous creeks, the trees chiefly gum, and box. On one side a very deep creek is the township composed of tents, bark huts, and weatherboard erections, on both sides of a very wide road extending about a mile and half and with the exception of perhaps, six, every erection a grog-shop for as yet even the public houses have not heir licenses. On the opposite side of the creek from the township are a few tents, inhabited by those who prefer comparative repose to noise, though we hear the feet of dancers, the performers in the bowling alleys and skittle-grounds, the screams of drunken- women, and a few broils of men in similar circumstances, he thought fair sex are the worst. The Commissioner with his assistants, and, we, will pitch his tent near us, which we rejoice at. The Oriental Bank has erected a branch establishment adjoining the store of Mr Gibbons of Boorowa.
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Yass Courier, January 1861: Workmen are busily employed building barracks for the police on the ground opposite Mr Carter's office for the registry of brands of horses. A school has been opened by ladies at a one time resident in Yass, and a numerous band of juveniles have been put in attendance. There are now three substantial buildings erected as inns, Allen's Great Eastern Hotel, a first rate and comfortable house, Coehn, Phillips, and Douglas, both of the latter commodious, and suited to meet the requirements of those portions of the diggings on which they are situated. There seems to be no lack of amusement on the diggings. Welch's Princess theatre draws large nightly crowds. Dancing takes place every evening, there are two German bands on the ground, a bowling alley is always open as well as a shooting gallery.
Yass Courier, January 5 1861: Messrs. Berger, formally of the bowling saloon at Yass, erected a bakery and a confectioner's shop on a large scale and at which first rate bread is being sold at 9d per loaf. Mr Edwards of Cooma St Yass has erected a wholesale ginger beer manufactory.
The Miner, February 16, 1861: Business is brisk. Weather boards, bark and calico buildings daily crowding up the vacant spots in Main Street. Among the former we allude to Messrs. Greig, Freeman, Bigg, Fitzgerald Lazrus store keepers. Turning down Burrowa St we have the fine whole store of H Godfrey and Co which adjoins the Great Eastern. Goddard and Mathiesons are erecting a fine building at the Junction of Main and Boorowa St which they intend to open as the Adelong Hotel. There is scarcely a branch of industry or profession that is not represented, and all the elements to form a fine permanent township there are store keepers and publican galore butchers, bakers, tailors, shoemakers, painters, builders, auctioneers and doctors in abundance, but no lawyer.
- Brian James provides his column for publication each Tuesday in the Young Witness.
