George Woolnough

George Woolnough was a saddler in Tenterfield, New South Wales from 1908 until his retirement in 1960.^[1]

Woolnough's grandson was Peter Allen, a flamboyant cabaret singer who immortalised Woolnough with the song Tenterfield Saddler. Woolnough's son Dick Woolnough become a violent alcoholic upon returning from World War II, eventually shooting and killing himself. Woolnough never understood, nor got over this devastating event.

Built in 1860 of quarried blue granite, the Tenterfield Saddlery in which George Woolnough worked is National Trust listed.

On November 26, 2005 an extension of the Tenterfield library was opened and named the "George Woolnough Wing".^[2]

Sources

^ "Tenterfield Saddlery". Tenterfield Tourism. http://www.nnsw.com.au/tenterfield/saddle.html. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
^ "Tenterfield Public Library" (pdf). State Library of New South Wales. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/pls/professional/pdf/riley.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-04.

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Name	Woolnough, George
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