Left: Early photographs of the Surveyor General Inn, built in 1834 of sandstone and rendered sandstock bricks with shingled roof, and named in honour of the Surveyor General, Major Mitchell. The first licensee was James Harper, whose family held the licence for almost 100 years. A balcony, added in the 1890s was the scene of many large afternoon tea parties when the hotel had permanent boarders and visitors at holiday times.

Right: The Sruveyor General inn stands today as Australia's oldest continuously licensed hotel still operating within its original walls. Ironically, it came close to closing a few years ago before its most prosperous period, when in 1960 the Licensing Court ordered extensive alterations. However, the NSW Government passed an act exempting historic inns from some of the conditions and time was allowed for renovations.