Another Hill End shot I'm afraid. Hope you're all not getting sick of them!
A bit of history on the store:-
Northey's was built in 1873 by Robert Northey during the gold rush era of Hill End and was operated by him until his retirement. He died in Mudgee on 7th November 1917.
Walter and Betty Warry conducted a mixed business in the shop from around 1925. They supplied the town with fruit, vegetables, smallgoods, cakes etc. Walter Warry also operated a motor truck service to and from Bathurst carrying goods for his shop as well as chaff, grain and other items for individual customers. The Warrys eventually closed the business and retired to their grazing property “Cannonball”, south west of Hill End.
Bruce and Betty Goodwin purchased the dilapidated building in the late 1950s for £40/-/-. They repaired the building and made it safe.
The property was acquired by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in 1972. From 1974 to 1976 a series of works were done to the building to make it suitable for occupation by the community nurse. The community nurse occupied the southern shop space and used the accommodation which was developed upstairs. The northen shop was leased separately to Barbara Kay of Falconbridge for the sale of antique furniture. During the 1980s Malcolm Drinkwater of Hill End operated the Hillend Gold Shoppe from the northern end of the premises. Currently Gaye and Jim Shanahan operate the store as Northeys of Hill End. They run a camping and fossicking store that also sells local gold, a luxury holiday apartment and a pop up space from this unique building.
