Newbridge General Store "makes good food for good people...... Our food does not come back, but the people do."(customer quote)
We at the Newbridge General Store are known for our great customer service, Homemade Pastries the best Expresso Coffee for miles. We offer anything from a Homemade Rump Steak Pie to a hot Roast of the Day with plenty to go around for everyone that walks through the front Door.
Also the General Store has groceries, hardware, fishing supplies, a newsagency and an Australia Post Facility.
THE HISTORY OF NEWBRIDGE
The town ship of Sandy Crossing (As Newbridge was the known) was established in the 1856 as a supply area for the Gold Rush,
The area was known for grain, wool, Tobacco, Wine, Beer, Flour as well as the manufacturing of equipment by the two Blacksmiths, The Holland family and the McKean Family.
The river could be crossed via a sandy ford at the north end of Burke Street. The township was nestled along the river in a North- South Latitude. The Area was known as the Parish of Tarnagulla. The Tarnagulla Inn was opened on the West side of the Bank adjacent to the Sandy Crossing Store. Sandy crossing was on the South side of Polo’s Vineyard, as the entry to the north end of Burke Street via Ramm Street the shops and Factories were as follows.
1889 Public State School
1853 Rock Crusher
1870 Williams Cheese factory Ramm Street
1866 State School Raglan Street
1866 Anglican Church Day School Lyon Street
1866 Royal Hotel 42 Lyon Street
1870 Children’s Hospital 80 Burke Street
1870 Newbridge Brewery, Then a second Cheese factory 64 Burke Street
1870 Newbridge Flour Mill 49 Burke Streets
1889 Holland’s Blacksmith Shop 47 Burke Street
1866 Bridge Hotel cnr Lyon & Burke Street
1870 5 Churches were built
Anglican Church Lyon Street
Methodist Church 53 Burke Street
Catholic Church cnr Ryan & Lyon Street
Church no 4
Church no 5
1866 Tarnagulla Inn 38 Lyon Street
1870 Library
1870 Harper Store
1870 Simpson Store 40 Lyon Street
1870 Public Hospital cnr Lyon & Nelson Street
1870 Albion Brewery, Located on Albion Flats
1856 Newbridge Store 33 Burke Street
1856 Newbridge Post Office 53 Burke Street
1864 Newbridge Chaff Mill 31 Burke Streets
1889 Newbridge Fire Station
1889 Newbridge Police Station 50 Burke Street
1889 Butcher Shop
1889 Patterson’s Bakery Morton Street
1889 Rifle Range West end of Lyon Street
1889 Golf Course Rear of Recreation Reserve
1889 Bank 37 Lyon Street
1865 Newbridge Race Course Elmsford Road
The current Newbridge General Store is situated at 36 Lyon Street on the corner of Lyon and Burke Streets, Newbridge Victoria 3551
The Store opened on the 26th February 1855. The store as it was known then faced Burke Street and was situated between the Tarnagulla Inn and the Newbridge Post office. The store operated under the several ownerships until March 26th 1905. The Original Store Post Office and the Tarnagulla Inn were destroyed when a fire broke out in the wax matches section of the General Store. The Fire fuelled by lighting kerosene, sulphur and wax was so intense that all of the town stood back and watched it destroy the Tarnagulla Inn and the Post Office. The Newbridge Chaff Shed at the rear of the Store was saved as it was mainly constructed of Galvanised iron all that was saved was the out going mail that had been cleared for transport on the next morning.
Over the next 6-months, a Cheese factory that had been closed for around 10 years was dismantled and re-erected in the location of the 3 shops. The Building was erected and jointed to the chaff shed. In October 1905 the store opened as the Newbridge General Store which included the Chaff Mill, Post Office and the General Store. The Tarnagulla remained closed, but the liquor licence was transferred to the General Store.
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