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Denman (including Baerami, Widden, Sandy Hollow,
Gungal and Martindale)
Small and quiet town in the Upper Hunter
Denman, on the rim of the Upper Hunter Valley, is a small,
quiet and picturesque country town situated 276 km
north-west of Sydney, 24 km south-west of Muswellbrook and
107 m above sea-level.
Surveyor Henry Dangar camped alongside the Hunter,
north-east of the present townsite during his investigations
of the upper Hunter in 1824. The following year William
Ogilvie and naval surgeon Peter Cunningham travelled to
Australia together. They investigated the Hunter Valley and
chose land at the confluence of the Hunter and Goulburn
Rivers. Ogilvie named his grant 'Merton' after the village
in Surrey from which the family originated and Cunningham
called his property 'Dalswinton' after his family's English
estate.
Cunningham, who wrote Two Years in New South Wales about
his experiences, soon returned to England leaving Ogilvie to
manage both properties. Merton became the centre of a
designated police district (called Merton) and Ogilvie was
appointed a magistrate.
A private village named Merton emerged on his property.
It was isolated but largely self-sufficient. Aside from
cattle and sheep, dairying and viticulture were practiced.
In 1841 the population was recorded at 137.
The Wanaruah Aboriginal people were in the area until the
1860s, although it is known that the Kamilaroi were also
present in this region. The Wanaruah favoured goannas as a
food source, covering larger animals in hot ashes and
stuffing them with grass. They also adopted burning off
practices as the new shoots which emerged after fire
attracted kangaroos which they surrounded and killed with
clubs and spears (du-rane) barbed with sharp stones.
The Ogilvie family were reputedly on good terms with the
local tribe and when 200 of their number besieged the
village demanding the release of two tribesmen falsely
accused of murdering a white man it is said that Mary
Ogilvie saved the family by going out to talk with the
tribal leader.
The present townsite developed on government surveyed
land on the riverbank opposite Merton. Denman, named in
honour of Lord Denman, was gazetted in 1853. The new
township became a cattle-buying centre in the 1860s as it
was located on the major stock route from the Upper
Goulburn. The railway did not arrive from Muswellbrook until
1915. Much of the town was destroyed by fire in 1928 but was
rebuilt.
The population of Denman (currently 1600) has increased
in recent years due to the possibilities presented by
open-cut coalmining in the area, the presence of Bayswater
Power Station and the proximity of Muswellbrook and
Singleton, both expanding centres. What was once an area
known for its horse and cattle studs has seen a veritable
explosion of vineyards opening in the area of late. The
cement factory, once important to the local economy, has now
closed down but the town continues to function as a service
centre to the dairy farms, vineyards, horse studs and beef
cattle studs in the district.
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