In those days it was on the goldfields that the heavy concentration of population was to be found. The Stockdale family who settled at "Oakdale" in the 1850s and are still there, tell of produce going to the goldfields.
The period when the population was concentrated on the goldfields is described. The Stockdale family, who settled at "Oakdale" in the 1850s and are still there, provide accounts of produce being sent to the goldfields.