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| Brief history
of the Mount Jeffcott Hotel |
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The information below
is from a booklet "Introduction to Donald".
Johann August Meyer is considered locally to be the founder of the
township of Donald.
In 1863 he set up a store and liquor shanty by a bridge that had
been built over the Richardson river.
Quite an entrepeneur, Johann knew the bridge had become a camping
ground for drovers, travellers, teamsters and herdsman.
When the bridge was relocated in 1864, Johann Meyer built a
weatherboard store and hotel near the site of the present Mount
Jeffcott Hotel.
The name "Donald" (named after William Donald) first appeared on a
survey map in 1866.
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