Alexander Thompson, Joseph Thompson, Thomas Thompson,and Joseph Honey (Hanny) began prospecting on what is now known as 'Old Inglewood' in March 1858. Due to the scarcity of water, they were forced to leave the area returning in July 1859 to discover gold in payable quantities by November 1859. The first prospecting claim was taken out on 24 November 1859. As with other gold discoveries, news of the find spread quickly and the area was soon teaming with miners, hoteliers, storekeepers, etc. In January 1860 Thomas Potter, Henry Irvine and Samuel McKean discovered payable alluvial gold at Potter's Hill - 'New Inglewood' as the township became designated. The diggings extended from 'Old Inglewood' to 'New Inglewood', and for several miles along the Tarnagulla Road. In May 1860 the first plan of the 'New Inglewood' township was made, the Post Office opened, and the first gold escort left Inglewood. In December 1861 the Borough of Inglewood elected its first Council.

By the time the first of my family branches arrived in the area in 1870, Inglewood had become an established community.

As time permits I will add more about Inglewood, however for the time being following is a transcript of the Inglewood War Memorial.

The War Memorial was erected by the Residents of Inglewood and District in honour of those who enlisted and in memory of those who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918.

INGLEWOOD
ALLEN T.W. ANDERSON W.B. ANSETT E.J. APPLEBY A. AUSTIN E. AUSTIN K. AUSTIN R.T. BAILIE S.J. BAKER D. BERESFORD L.C. BICE H. BICE J. BICE R. BINGER A.O. BINGER M. BIRD D. BLAKE A. BOYLE C.R. BOYLE C.S. BRIGGS H. BRIGGS J. BRIGGS T. BUTCHER A.J. BUTCHER J.W. BUTCHER W. CARDOZA J. CERCHI J.W. COUTTS A.A. CUMMING A. DAWSON F. DESLANDES J.W. DESLANDES H.L. DEWHURST B.H. DEWHURST F.M. DONALDSON D.D. DONALDSON F.H. DWYER P.L.P. EMMOTT R.E. FAIRLEY J.F. FAIRLEY N. FORRESTER A.?. FORREST F. FORREST H.A. FREEMAN C. FREEMAN L.C. FREESTONE R. GIBBON T.F. GILLESPIE A.?. GOOK A.J.	GOOK C.E. GOOK R.H. HENSHAW E. HUGHES J.R. HUTCHINSON A.L. JEBB J. JENNINGS E.A. JONES A.C. JONES H. KITTSON E.R. KITTSON F. KNIGHT E.L. LAWSON O.J. LEICH C.A. MAKEPEACE E.A. MAKEPEACE E.G. MARTIN G. MATTHEWS N. MILLAR R. MILLAR R.T. MILLER H.W. MUNRO C.A. MURRAY F. MURRAY T.J. McCARTHY P. McGLADE T.H. McLAREN A. NEEDS J.M. NEVINS T. NIXON A.L. NIXON R.C. O'CONNELL A. O'CONNELL J. O'SHANNESSY J.V. OLSEN E. PARKER A.A. PARKER G.F. PARKER T.P. PERRIN W.E. POLLEN H.R. PORTER N.A. REIMERS A. RICHARDSON T.W.C. RIORDAN C. ROBERTS A.E. ROBERTS A.C. ROBERTS C.F. ROBERTS W.H. ROCHESTER A.W.	ROCHESTER C. ROCHESTER T.J. RODGERS D. RODGERS J. ROLFE R. SAUNDERS E.A. SAUNDERS J.M. SHEPHERD A.C. SHEPHERD F.C. SIMONS J.J. SIMPSON J.A. SISSONS H. SMELLIE C. SMITH J. SMITH J.R. STAGG F.W. STAGG H.T. STAGG J.H. STALEY H.S. STALEY T.A. STANLEY R.C. STANLEY W.H.M. STOCKDALE R. SWALE A. SWALE R. SYMONDS E.R. SYMONDS F.H. TATCHELL E.C. TAYLOR C.S. TAYSOM C.L. TAYSOM J.W. THOMAS J.E.B. THOMPSON C. THOMPSON D.N. THOMPSON J.K. THOMPSON J.R. THOMPSON P.L. THOMPSON T.F. TIVEY E.C. TURPIE N. WALKER F.J.D. WATKINS E.B. WATKINS T.J. WATKINS W.?. WIGMORE F. WILLEY J. WILLIAMS H. WILSON J. WRIGHT H.

GLENALBYN
METCALF A. MORRIS C.E. O'BRIEN E.C. O'BRIEN G. O'BRIEN J.J. O'KEEFE A. O'KEEFE E.M. O'KEEFE H. O'KEEFE T. PHILLIPS H.A.	PRESTON R. ROBERTS S.D. SPEAR A.F. SPEAR D.P. SPENCER A.A. SPENCER E.C. SPENCER F. SPENCER H. WESTON E.

KINGOWER
BRIEN J. COFFEY J. COOK W.C. DOUGLAS R.C. FRY R.L. GILLESPIE H.R.	INNES W. O'SHANNESSY W. PEVERILL(?) R. PRYSE A. SOUTER H.F. SOUTER J.M.C.

KURTING
LONG W.C. MACUMBER C.W. MACUMBER S.P. PAYNTER E.E. RADNELL C.R. RADNELL W.?. RODGERS M.J. RODGERS W.

POWLETT PLAINS
BARBOUR W. MORROW J.J. MORSE H.O. SLOAN J.S. THOMPSON E.

RHEOLA
CATTO A.O.M. CATTO J.A. CATTO J.C. CAIN C. LEACH R. O'SHANNESSY M.	SMITH R. SOULSBY W.H. WEBB E. WEBB L. WOODFIELD A. YORATH F.L.

SALISBURY WEST
BARRY A. BARRY M.A. BARRY M. HAMILTON L. HAMILTON R.S. IRVING E. MASTERSON L.

In Memory of Fallen Comrades 2nd World War 1939-45
BILLINGS W. BLATCHFORD V. GRIEVES P. HAYES T. LEACH H. LEACH J. PAYNTER C.	PAYNTER D. PAYNTER W. RIORDAN W. ROBERTS G. SEAMAN J. SWALE A. YORATH A.

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