Geurie Community
Geurie is a small village located approximately 28 kilometres from Dubbo on the Mitchell highway, between Dubbo and Wellington, in the Central Western Region of New South Wales and is part of the Dubbo Regional Council Local Government Area. It is on the Main Western Railway line and serviced by the NSW XPT train service. In the 2021 census Geurie had a population of 706 residents. The town has a number of local businesses including a general store, petrol station, pub and bowling club.
NESS HARTGE
Interviewer: John Bayliss
Recorded: 27 September 2023
Transcription: Simone Taylor
Ness is a young mother who discusses her family’s decision to move to the small village of Geurie and why she continues to enjoy being involved in the local community.
Tiger Paxton discusses growing up in Geurie in the 1950s post war era, and his continued involvement in the Geurie community throughout his life.
Interviewer: John Bayliss
Recorded: 23 April 2025
Transcription: Simone Taylor
RONALD 'TIGER' PAXTON
Photographer Unknown, Mrs Margaret Herring with her three sons, and her mother Mrs Mary Dewar, 1916, Local Studies Collection, Dubbo Regional Council, 1994_341_PHO
Photographer Unknown, Half-Way Hotel, Geurie, 1891, Local Studies Collection, Dubbo Regional Council, 1997_128_PHO