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More than half of the residents at that time had assigned convicts on the farms
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Gradually the little township grew
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Known as the Wool Road it carried the clip from Braidwood and beyond onto ships bound for England.
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Braidwood's population exploded as thousands of fossickers inundated the surrounding region. other finds followed in Majors Creek, Jembaicumbene & Mongarlowe River
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Tended to live in own enclaves
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Killed while in pursuit of Thomas Clarke. Today their memorial can be seen in the Braidwood cemetery. Photo: John and Thomas Clarke, Bushrangers
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Impact -- banks, hotels, other businesses opening their doors. Many of these buildings still stand today.
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As yet I am uinsure of specific years. My reference says 1890s
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after 30 years of prevarication, lest the rates go up
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shops, newspapers, hotels, schools, churches, tradesmen, craftsmen
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Industrialised gold mining had ensured prosperity, although the Great Depression of the 1890 meant no further growth in the previous years
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Take over responsibility for roads and other services required for modern life.
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early 1950s
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Many rural centres had been contemplating razing everything to the ground and reinventing themselves. Now our past was worthy of preservation
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Its economy, however, is reliant on trafic passing on its way to the coast. It experiences an annual summer boom and winter bust.
