page_title: Rylstone, New South Wales
section_title: Other events in Rylstone history
hierarchical_section_title: Rylstone, New South Wales / History / Other events in Rylstone history
caption_attribution_description: English: Rylstone NSW, Bridge View Inn
context_page_description: Rylstone is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in the Central Tablelands region within the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area. It is located on the Bylong Valley Way road route. At the 2016 census, Rylstone had a population of almost 650 people.
context_section_description: 1849 - Post Office opened on 1 January 1849.
  1853 - Wesleyan Chapel opened on Sunday 15 May 1853
  1857 - laying of foundation stone for new church, St James Rylstone on 19 May 1857
  1857 - The School opened in July 1857.
  1875 - Rylstone and district population was approximately 300 persons
  1880 - Telegraph Office was built and the Post Office relocated to this building
  1894 - Gold discovered in Rylstone area, gold showing freely through reef, a gold rush results, 21 August 1894
  1897 - A 70 oz gold nugget was found between Stony Pinch and Appletree Flat
  1899 - Rylstone and other nearby towns promote themselves as a suitable site for the new Federal Capital
  1903 - Coal was discovered for the first time by New Zealand mining company at Coomber (5 miles south of Rylstone)
  1906 - A telephone line was opened between Rylstone and Mudgee, 1 February 1906
  1907 - Iron and Steel manufacturing works proposed for Rylstone
  1914 - A 50 line telephone switchboard was opened at Rylstone on 28 October
  1915 - in April 1915 a new telephone line was constructed between Rylstone and Bylong
  1915 - Tenders accepted for construction of a new hospital at Rylstone, £1723, 27 April 1915
  1924 - A new direct telephone trunk line was built from Lithgow to Rylstone and on to Mudgee, prior to this date all calls to Sydney were connected via Switchboards at Rylstone, Mudgee, Bathurst then Sydney
  1925 - The Rylstone school is destroyed by fire during school hours, no one is hurt, 6 August 1925
  1925 - The Standard Portland Cement Company's Kandos Cement Works are under construction
  1926 - An electrification scheme commenced for the towns of Rylstone and Kandos, power being supplied by the Kandos Cement Works, connection switched on in November 1926.
  1926 - record rainfall of 1250 points (317mm) falling in a week (rain commencing 25 March 1926), washing out the Tong Bong crossing
  1931 - Rich Shale Oil discovery at Rylstone
  1935 - Hospital additions, new wing and nurses quarters were opened by Minister for Health on 3 August 1935, costing £1700
  1938 - Discussions with NSW Government commenced on provided a water supply scheme for Rylstone.
  1954 - A water supply dam was completed and pipes were installed to connect the town to running water
  1960s - A sewage system was built and connected to houses and businesses in Rylstone
  1981 - Saturday 30 May, the last Mudgee Mail train service ran through Rylstone around 4am, heading north to Gwabegar
  1983 - The manual telephone switchboard closed in June, it was located in the Post and Telegraph Office
  1992 - 2 March, the railway line from Kandos through Rylstone to Gulgong closed to rail traffic
  2000 - 2 September, The railway line from Kandos through Rylstone to Mudgee and Gulgong was reopened to train traffic
  2007 - 30 June, The railway line from Kandos to Gulgong was classified as 'service suspended' effectively closing the line to trains
caption: Bridge View Inn
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