Gilgandra’s Tourist Information Centre proudly displayed a number of historical artists, including the invoice for catering for a wedding. (Tahlia and Lachlan, are you paying attention?) I should have written it down at the time, rather than rely on my memory. I think this wedding was held in 1948, and the catering cost $1.20 per head.
Along with their historical memorabilia, they are very proud of the young men of the town, in 1915 rallied for more volunteers to join the war efforts. They marched to Sydney, doing at all the town along the way, calling ‘Coo-ee, come and join us’. I’d heard this story before, but when the elderly lady at the centre explained that in those days most people walked everywhere, or some rode horses, it made me realise what a massive undertaking this was.
263 volunteers were recruited on this foot march to Sydney.
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