Renowned axemen like Shane Corr opened up the veins of timber with no more than an axe and a team of bullocks to fulfil his government contracts. The Post Office opened around 1904, as Blake's, and the settlement was renamed Powelltown in 1912.
Shane Corr, among other renowned axemen, cleared timber veins with just an axe and a team of bullocks to fulfill their government contracts. The Post Office opened around 1904 under the name Blake's, and the settlement was rechristened Powelltown in 1912.