Daylerking Well

Statement of Significance

A source of fresh water all the year round and its location attracted a settlement in the vicinity. Daylerking was an important centre at the end of the 19th Century and at the beginning of the 20th Century

Physical Description

Situated on the edge of the gully approx 50 metres from site 141.

History

In June 1889 George Lilley secured a contract to convey a fortnightly mail service from Williams River to Wandering via Daylerking, Murradong and Bannister River. This contract was for three years, at a cost of £48 per annum, the mail to be carried on horseback. It was not until the beginning of 1895 that a change of mailmen took place. Then a settler living north-east of Williams, by name William Down secured a contract to carry the mail in a spring vehicle for three years at a figure of £45 per annum. This was a weekly service and the schedule was so arranged that he should arrive at the post office Williams at 2.30 pm thus enabling the staff at the local office sufficient time to sort the mail in time for William Henry Bingham to depart at 3:15pm with a regular mail for Daylerking. (1) Prior to the turn of thp twentieth century and for a later period, the mail service terminated at Daylerking. Mainly due to the establishment of a railway service to Williams and a consequent regular mail delivery, an extension of a road mail service beyond Daylerking to Marradong was instituted. (2) After the establishment of telephone facilities at Williams in 1909 continuing pressure was exerted by the residents of lower Williams for the establishment of a similar service. In April 1913, the Williams Roads Board appointed a delegation consisting of Messrs Brice, Cowcher, Warburton, Lavender and Morgan, to wait on Sir John Forrest. In stating the case for the telephone service they expressed their willingness to contribute towards its initial cost on this basis, a service was granted. It would appear as though at first a trunk line was built as far as Daylerking with public telephones placed at that point as well as one installed in the school house at Marling. At a later period, an exchange was established at Quindanning. The name Daylerking was discontinued and Quindanning became the official title so far as post office records were concerned. (3)

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