ONE constant at Wantabadgery around 1867 was George Seymour, who arrived that year at Angus McKinnon’s “Glen Mary” with a bullock wagon load of timber for the first court house at Wagga.
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George Seymour worked firstly for Walter Windeyer and then the Macdonald brothers on Wantabadgery Station until 1912 when, at 67 years, he retired to work his farm at Erringoarrah. He was a great man with horses and was successful at shows, including Sydney Royal. He was not only head stockman but his great friendship with the Macdonalds continued until his death in the January 1939 heatwave aged 94.George left a legacy of history when recollections of his life were printed in the Gundagai Independent in November, 1925. Claude Macdonald was in England when George died and he later wrote a fine tribute to him which was published in The Daily Advertiser.
The Macdonald Memorial Hall was built in the 1920s in honour of Claude who was killed serving in WWI.