The first 100 years of European settlement saw the arrival of permanent settlers from already established parts of Australia or directly from the British Isles. They were accompanied by a sprinkling of Europeans and Chinese. Most public servants lived in the area for a limited time.
In addition, the rural and railway work forces included many itinerants – shearers, fencers, well-sinkers, drovers, railway construction workers, and so on.
Shearers with the Jericho school teacher, 1911
Lists of early burials in Alpha, Jericho and Pine Hill cemeteries will be added here.