0 ▁to ▁the ▁southern ▁Dar ling ▁Down s . ▁Kn own ▁from ▁ 1 8 5 3 ▁as ▁Ley burn , ▁the ▁first ▁sale ▁of ▁all ot ments ▁was ▁held ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 7 ▁following ▁the ▁survey ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁earlier ▁that ▁year . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 8 7 2 ▁a ▁state ▁school , ▁an ▁Ang lic an ▁church , ▁Police ▁Station ▁and ▁Court ▁House , ▁two ▁sm ith ies , ▁three ▁stores , ▁a ▁saw mill ▁and ▁the ▁in ev itable ▁three ▁hot els ▁made ▁up ▁the ▁st rag g ling ▁wooden ▁town ▁centre ▁along ▁the ▁road ▁to ▁War wick . ▁The ▁town ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁" always ▁a ▁sleep y ▁little ▁town ▁... ▁whose ▁calm ▁was ▁broken ▁by ▁the ▁brief ▁Canal ▁Creek ▁gold - r ush ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 - 2 ▁... ▁cloth ed ▁in ▁dust ▁raised ▁by ▁the ▁slow ▁passage ▁of ▁teams ▁and ▁f lock s ▁through ▁the ▁town ". ▁Most ▁men ▁were ▁either ▁employed ▁as ▁carri ers ▁on ▁the ▁To owo om ba - Go ond iw indi ▁road ▁or ▁else ▁worked ▁on ▁nearby ▁stations , ▁rejo ining ▁their ▁families ▁at ▁their ▁Ley burn ▁c ott ages ▁on ▁Saturday ▁night . ▁ ▁As ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Dar ling ▁Down s ▁dro ving , ▁drink ing , ▁and ▁administrative ▁cent res ▁located ▁on ▁the ▁old ▁stock ▁and ▁work - routes , ▁significant ▁government ▁infrastr ucture ▁was ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁town : ▁from ▁ 1 8 5 2 ▁Ley burn ▁became ▁a ▁postal ▁distribution ▁point