PASSING DOWN THEIR ACRES: The Good Farmers of Gowrie

Gowrie was well-placed to become a stopping-off station for travellers heading to the emerging inland town of Tamworth. Certainly, there was a vision, with land set aside for a school, teacher's accommodation and two churches at the southern end and a church, cemetery, and store on the northern border. In the early years of settlement, villages often grew around half-way houses, providing food and lodging for travellers on exhausting journeys. The strong influence of Methodists in this community