Background to the Tarlinton Family
The track was pioneered by William Duggan Tarlinton in 1830’s. The Tarlintons were among the earliest settlers in the upper Shoalhaven, with a land grant near the junction of the Shoalhaven River and Jerrabattgulla Creek. The Tarlinton’s later acquired land near Cobargo and pioneered a route to take their cattle overland to their new properties. The track was also used by other early pioneers of the upper Shoalhaven such as the Curlewis’s and Coghills. It also became the convenient route for travelling to the coast from the upper Shoalhaven and Monaro. It was used by John Lambie when carrying out a survey of occupied properties of the Monaro in 1840.
The track starts near Snowball above the creeks that form the upper Shoalhaven and follows Woila Creek to the Tuross River at Belowra. It continued on to Cobargo and Tilba Tilba.
