Grenfell Hall B&B Grenfell

Three bedroom Edwardian style B&B with wonderful Victorian interiors. Close to Grenfell's amenities and with off street parking.

Known as Emu Creek prior to 1866, Grenfell town came into existence as a result of a major goldrush in 1866 when a shepherd, Cornelius O'Brien, discovered gold on a property named Brundah. The name Grenfell honoured John Grenfell, Gold Commissioner at Forbes, who had been shot and killed by bushrangers. Among the prospectors who poured into the district was a Norwegian migrant, Niels Hertzberg Larsen, who arrived with his wife in 1866. The following year Larsen's son, the famous Australian poet and short story writer, Henry Lawson, was born on the goldfields at Emu Creek. The town celebrates its wild goldrush days and the importance of Lawson every year with the Grenfell Gold Festival and the Henry Lawson Festival. It is equally famous for its connections with a number of infamous bushrangers, particularly Ben Hall, who used the district as a base for their daring raids on gold escorts and wealthy landowners.