Dance Hall - Dayโs
The building on the right is the Bank of New South Wales,
designed by Edmund Blacket, which opened in Bathurst
in 1856 in rented premises (see below) and moved to this
site in 1860.
The firm of E.Webb & Co, one of Bathurstโs most successful, was
established in 1852 by Edmund Webb, an immigrant from
Cornwall. He started in a small rented shop in George Street and
built the store with the white front and side in 1862, naming it the
Western Warehouse. In 1870 he enlarged his business by
erecting the large edifice next door. Webb manufactured some
of his stock such as clothing and saddlery and sold his goods as
far away as Western Australia and New Zealand.
The next building, with the small white sign, is the Court House
Hotel which began in 1850 as the Elephant and Castle, was used
as the Bank of New South Wales for a few years in the fifties,
became the Court House Hotel in 1872 and from 1876 was known
to Bathurstians as the Metropolitan Hotel. The site is now
occupied by the Tavern Hotel (1997).
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Occupied lands. (the Wiradjuri peoples.)
