Carcoar Hotel and the Public School in Belubula Street, Carcoar

1873
Glass photonegative

Beaufoy Merlin’s photographic perambulations between Dubbo and Bathurst led him to Carcoar on the road to Cowra. His photographic van is parked at the foot of the slope opposite the Carcoar Hotel and the Public School in Belubula Street. The Sydney Morning Herald 26 February 1876 described Carcoar as 'one of the oldest and, for its size, wealthiest inland towns in the colony. During the past two months its inhabitants have been benefited considerably by the great influx of population to this gold-field, but ordinarily the place is exceedingly quiet and monotonous.