Henry Dangar was Surveyor for the Australian Agricultural Company (AAC), and the original Tamworth settlement was wholly owned by the AAC. Samuel Cook remembered Tamworth as having "6 or 8 houses" when he arrived, and once the landlock controlled by the AAC was lifted by government legislation, he stayed long enough to help it develop into a thriving town.
Henry Dangar was Surveyor for the Australian Agricultural Company (AAC), and the original Tamworth settlement was entirely owned by the AAC. Samuel Cook recalled Tamworth as having "6 or 8 houses" when he arrived, and once the land controlled by the AAC was lifted by government legislation, he stayed long enough to help it develop into a thriving town.