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Exchange Hotel - Thornborough, Queensland 1877-78
Thornborough was surveyed on 3rd May 1878 by Frederic Horatio Warner. It was the main town for the Hodgkinson gold rush after J. V. Mulligan's discovery in March 1876. Warden Mowbray was the first warden here. The town was named in honour of the then postmaster general. Byers and Little had the first hotel. Martin's mill came here from Georgetown.
In 1877-8 there were numerous hotels including William Wright's Clarance, Harry Wooster's Exchange, Alf Treventhan's Overlander, E.D. Matthew's Tattersalls, William Davidson's Charters
Towers, Peter Middlemiss' then E. Willick's Thornborough, James Dowdall's Thornborough, Wah Lee's Canton, Geo O'Laughlin's Queens, J. J.Byers then W.O.D. Condell's Royal, J.D. Little's Commercial, R. J. Gorton then J.D. Rowe's Crown, E.Davis' Hodgkinson, Khur & Lohmann's All Nations store and hotel, W. Crisp's London Hotel and bakery, Lindsay's Hotel, J.V. Mulligan's hotel and the Faugh-a-Ballagh which began as Geo Hall's restaurant then became a hotel under E. Davis. Byers and the Little brothers had a store and a butcher shop.
The stores were owned by K & J Muirson, Saul Mendelsohn, Thompson Solomon, Alexander & Schott which became James Carrie and Co, J. Fagan, Peter Middlemiss, O'Donohue & Greenwood,
D. N. Rice, and T. Williams.
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