"Last time I checked, the remains of the windmill at The Loggerheads was still there. I would be grateful if anyone had a photo of the actual Loggerheads house they could share. There is a reprint of an article about Jack Bathurst Ison, my great uncle. My grandfather was the Lieut Harold Ison referred to in the article. Like his brother Jack, Harold listed “The Loggerheads” as his residential address in military records of world war 1. Owing to the recent death of his younger brother, my grandfather very much downplayed his own western front experience and like many war survivors did not wish to talk about it. He was wounded and lucky to survive the 2nd Battle of Bullecourt on 3 May 1917. In meeting Jack on the eve of Bullecourt, 2 May 1917, Harold was the last family member to see Jack alive before Jack died near Passchendaele." - Felicity Ison, Grandaughter, A. Harold Ison 2019
"My grandfather, William Oakley, was the brother of John Oakley in the article 'Found Dead in Bed'. The Oakley's lived close to the railway crossing on the Wellington road, as you turn towards the 2DU Tower. The bend used to be called Loggerheads Bend" - Doug Ford, Dubbo NSW 2016
"The Three Loggerheads was an Inn built by Thomas Cleaver on the Wellington Road in 1878. The property on which the Inn was built was called 'Sherwood Forest'. It was owned by three Cleaver brothers, who could not agree about the business of the hotel. Cleaver is said to have named the hotel because of the disagreement. After four years, Thomas Cleaver closed the hotel and went back to farming" - Dubbo to the turn of the century 1818-1900, Marion Dormer pg 177
NOTE - Dubbo had twenty nine hotels in 1881; fifteen in Macquarie Street and seven in Talbragar Street, and another seven scattered about the town - Dubbo to the turn of the century 1818-1900, Marion Dormer pg 95
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