Boydtown, New South Wales

Boydtown is a village on Twofold Bay near Eden, on the far south coast of New South Wales, Australia. It was the original settlement in the bay, founded by Benjamin Boyd in 1843 to service his properties on the Monaro plains.cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks.nsf/ParkContent/N0003?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0003&Type=Xk | title = Ben Boyd National Park: Culture and History | work = | publisher = Department of Environment & Conservation (NSW): NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service | accessdate = 2008-02-15] cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://www.seahorseinn.com.au/history.htm | title = History of Boydtown and the Seahorse Inn | work = | publisher = Seahorse Inn | accessdate = 2008-02-15] The remains of whaling stations and the local landmark Boyd's Tower, a stone spotting tower used to look for whales, are all nearby.

Boyd imported sandstone from Sydney to construct a lighthouse on south head. He also commissioned inns and churches, housing and store rooms, wharves and stock-yards. [cite web | last = McKee | first = Greg | year = 2004 | url = http://www.killersofeden.com/Export7.htm | title = Eden Whaling History | work = Killers of Eden | publisher = Greg McKee | accessdate = 2008-02-15]

When Boyd's finances collapsed, the town was abandoned from the 1840s until the first renovation of the Seahorse Inn in the 1930s.

In modern times, Boydtown is the smaller of the two towns in the bay, consisting mainly of housing, tourist caravan parks and the more recently (2006) refurbished Seahorse Inn.

See also

* Ben Boyd National Park

References

External links

[http://www.seahorseinn.com.au The Seahorse Inn]