This series of caches are designed to highlight the people who have made Tamworth the great place to live. They might be one of our pioneers, our sporting greats, or our quiet achievers who rose to enormous heights in our society. We love to explore our Australian History and have found some unique gems for all to enjoy.
The fifth in our series is about William Gorner Budge (1824-1897),
When William Gorner Budge was born on 17 June 1824 in Isle Brewers, Somerset, his father, William, was 26 and his mother, Ann, was 29. He married Julia Maher and they had five children together. He then married Charlotte Kirkaldy and they had five children together. He died on 19 November 1897 in Tamworth, New South Wales, at the age of 73, and was buried there.
William Budge, who came to Australia in 1843 at age 19 on the Assisted Immigrant vessel the Plymouth, later moving to Barraba, and then was the owner and licensee (1881-1884) of the 'Carriers Arms' Hotel (renamed the 'Albion') opposite the Locomotive Hotel . He established his 'Albion Mill' timber-mill in the mid-1890's at the southern corner of Belmore and Barnes Street, later relocating on the S/W side of Peel Street, between Brisbane and Bourke Street. He died in 1897, eight years after this photo was taken.
