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Home
People of Araluen
Aboriginal people in the valley
About Us
Families
Notable People
Oral Histories
Yuin people and culture
Oral history
Totems
Important cultural and sacred sites
History
Araluen and the wars
Art and Culture
Brief History of Araluen
Bushrangers
Cemeteries
Census Data
Churches and Religions
Farming – agriculture and horticulture
Flora – Plant Usage
Geological History
Gold Mining Era
Natural Disasters
Occupations
Public Houses in Araluen
Schools
Social life in the valley
The Araluen Star and Miners’ Right Newspaper
History Trail
Araluen War Memorial
Burketown and Deep Creek
Mudmelong and Crown Flat
Redbank
Life in Araluen’s many Halls
Living on the land
Cemeteries
Gold Mining
Churches and Schools
Pubs in Araluen
Sport and Recreation
Newtown
Dredging in the Valley
Timeline
Gallery
Landscapes
People
Artworks
Historic Buildings
Old Houses
Flora
Old Farm Machinery
Other Artefacts
Maps
Resources
Publications
Archives
Research
Submit An Article
How to Submit an Article – Guidelines
Oral Histories – interview questions
Oral History Consent Form
Historic Buildings
Araluen West Public School
Union Church
The Perseverance Inn Araluen
Araluen Arms Hotel
St Patricks Roman Catholic Church. Araluen
St Johns Anglican Church, Redbank, c 1869. Courtesy Braidwood Historical Society
St Patricks Catholic Church. 1867 – 1941
St Patricks Catholic Church Araluen c 1920 l-r main group – Anne Moylan, Nell Kelly (nee Pickett), Mollie Collins, Mollie McFadden and others
St Brigid’s Merricumbene – May 1970
St Brigid’s Merricumbene c 1960
St Brigid’s Merricumbene – back view
Phil Madigans Perseverance Hotel. Newtown Araluen
Poppenhagers Half-way House, Bells Creek.
1/2 [i.e. half] way house, Araluen to Moruya, N.S.W. Harvey, John Henry, 1855-1938 photographer. Date ca. 1900-ca.1930. Courtesy State Library of Victoria.
The Araluen Arms Hotel. Photo from an advertisement in ‘Back to Braidwood’ souvenir booklet, 1925.
Araluen Arms Hotel – in operation since 1863
Edgar Oswald Alley’s Perseverance Store c.1920.
Alley’s Store as Araluen Hotel c 2017
Telegraph Station, Araluen, 1865. Illustrated Sydney News
James Curran’s Blacksmith shop at Redbank c1900’s.
Catholic Presbytery c 1920