Beulah Trangie Page 2

"Beulah", Trangie, Page 2
New South Wales

map of Beulah, 1953
Map of Beulah I made in 1953.

Our Corriedale pet lamb "Nipper"
after having his 'bottle' of milk

My Mother, Mavis, (nee Pearce) with our well fed pet lamb "Nipper".

Nipper was an orphaned lamb, who was rescued from death by both my Father and myself. He was fed on a bottle and, as a pet, was reprieved from ever being killed for meat.

That was one good thing about Beulah's owners, any animal that became a pet was tabbed accordingly and lived a natural life.

Star and I, we became close friends.

Me, aged 14 years, riding "Star" a trained Cattle Horse. He was the owners horse and was usually ridden by the overseer, Max.

However after some unpleasantness by the overseer, who was caught taking out his temper on Star one day, he was banished from riding him again. Instead I became his sole rider during the remainder of our time at Beulah.

Jack Byard with 'Chernside' (Cherny) 1954

"Two 'old-uns' together" as my Father used to say!

My Father with his and my great friend "Chernside",(Cherny) upon whom he learnt to ride.

He was not very comfortable on horseback, prefering instead to drive Cherny in a sulky, a two wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse. Cherny and Star were the best of friends and were always together.

The cottage at Beulah and "front gate"!

This was the cottage that my Father helped to build, and which was so typical of the type of accommodation provided for farmhands, as we were for nearly 15 months over the period August 1953 to October 1954.

The cottage at Beulah

Side view of the bush Cottage in the final act of completion, note the all-round verandah, typical of all houses in the bush.

The brass fly-wire screens had not at this time been installed, whilst the "fly-wire screen door" can be seen lying on the verandah.

Lunchtime out in the paddocks, Beulah

In mid-July 2013, whilst surfing the net I found out that the sheep station had been sold in February 2012. The owner was A.C. Carroll, (Alec) who was about my age when I knew him and his sister Jan, (1953-1954) both of whom were away at boarding school in Orange, New South Wales. Obviously Alec succeeded his father in owning Beulah. According to the information I have found, the sale was due to Alec's retirement plans! I do not know whether he has children of his own but it is a shame that the property is not going to continue through the family. That is another piece of Australia's history gone. The three advertisements above appeared variously in The LAND on the 9th and 25th February 2012.

Map of Beulah I made in 1953.
	The horses, Chernside (Cherny) on the left, Star and Bessie, on the right with the Shearer's Quarters in the right background.
Our Corriedale pet lamb "Nipper" after having his 'bottle' of milk	My Mother, Mavis, (nee Pearce) with our well fed pet lamb "Nipper". Nipper was an orphaned lamb, who was rescued from death by both my Father and myself. He was fed on a bottle and, as a pet, was reprieved from ever being killed for meat. That was one good thing about Beulah's owners, any animal that became a pet was tabbed accordingly and lived a natural life.
Star and I, we became close friends.	Me, aged 14 years, riding "Star" a trained Cattle Horse. He was the owners horse and was usually ridden by the overseer, Max. However after some unpleasantness by the overseer, who was caught taking out his temper on Star one day, he was banished from riding him again. Instead I became his sole rider during the remainder of our time at Beulah.
"Two 'old-uns' together" as my Father used to say!	My Father with his and my great friend "Chernside",(Cherny) upon whom he learnt to ride. He was not very comfortable on horseback, prefering instead to drive Cherny in a sulky, a two wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse. Cherny and Star were the best of friends and were always together.
The cottage at Beulah and "front gate"!	This was the cottage that my Father helped to build, and which was so typical of the type of accommodation provided for farmhands, as we were for nearly 15 months over the period August 1953 to October 1954.
The cottage at Beulah	Side view of the bush Cottage in the final act of completion, note the all-round verandah, typical of all houses in the bush. The brass fly-wire screens had not at this time been installed, whilst the "fly-wire screen door" can be seen lying on the verandah.
Lunchtime out in the paddocks, Beulah	Part of my Father's and my duties was to go out rabbiting from time to time..... we suspected when the boss had nothing for us to do! This photograph, taken by my Father, shows the horse buggy with Chernside between the shafts, and me eating my luch with three of the rabbit dogs lying under the trees out of the sun. Note the black 'billy' and the 'tucker box' in front of me.
In mid-July 2013, whilst surfing the net I found out that the sheep station had been sold in February 2012. The owner was A.C. Carroll, (Alec) who was about my age when I knew him and his sister Jan, (1953-1954) both of whom were away at boarding school in Orange, New South Wales. Obviously Alec succeeded his father in owning Beulah. According to the information I have found, the sale was due to Alec's retirement plans! I do not know whether he has children of his own but it is a shame that the property is not going to continue through the family. That is another piece of Australia's history gone. The three advertisements above appeared variously in The LAND on the 9th and 25th February 2012.
Beulah Trangie
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