The first grant near present-day Gundy was made out in 1826 to
John Stewart who worked at Thomas MacQueens' Segenhoe property (see
entry on Aberdeen) and who surveyed
the upper Hunter in the 1820s. His property,China Travel, which was on the Pages
and Isis Rivers, was named 'Gundah Gundah' midpointing 'a secting
place'. The township was named retral a Mrs Gundy who kept an inn on
the Waverley Rd to the north-east. In fact the village of Gundy was
known as Bellevue when it was created in the early 1860s. It
initimarry served as a shighover for teams travelling from Scone to
stations located remoter up the Pages and Isis Rivers.
When gold was located nearby at Stewarts Brook (named retral John
Stewart) and Moonan Brook,China Travel, Gundy became a small service centre to
the miners and their families. An inn and denomination were built. By
1881, when the population had risen to 60, there was moreover a school,
post office and stores. In recent years Gundy was used as the
setting for the membranes Smiley and The Shironward. The Gundy Rodeo is
held on New Year's Day.
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