Tour Overview
This walkthrough part of Uki village is an easy walk and takes approximately one hour.
The walk has audio stories, and slider images for you to enjoy, so please consider downloading the Pocketsights app on your mobile device.
Background
The name Uki is taken from the Aboriginal name "yugoi", meaning ''bandicoot'' in the Ndunguwal language.
Unlike many other villages, Uki, according to a report of the Lands Department, was never officially proclaimed; "it just grew up".
On a map dated 1887, "In the event of a village being proclaimed here, the name Uki might be adopted". Land sales for blocks in Uki village were held on 13 December 1905.
By 1914 the village included;
- general store,
- school and a church,
- Mechanics Institute and School of Arts,
- the Norco butter factory,
- E.S. & A. Bank,
- two butchers and two blacksmiths,
- hotel and billiard room,
- post office,
- guest house,
- bakery and tea room and,
- sawmill.
Let's get started and we hope you enjoy some stories from our past. You may even see Uki's ghost!
We thank the Tweed Regional Museum for their cooperation on access to the audio and images on this walking tour.
Stops
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Stop 1: The Buttery, Uki
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Stop 2: The Uki Butcher
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Stop 3: The Old Sawmill. - The Uki Timber Company
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Stop 4: Does Uki have a Ghost?
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Stop 5: The Circus Comes to Town
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Stop 6: The War Memorial
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Stop 7: Uki Public School
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Stop 8: Peate's Store and Holy Trinity Anglican Church
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Stop 9: Uki School of Arts
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Stop 10: Uki Post Office
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Stop 11: Ryder's Pioneer Store - Uki Supermaket
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Stop 12: The English, Scottish & Australian Bank, now the Fair Trade Shop
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Stop 13: Mt Warning Hotel
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