Pontville Attractions

The historic township of Pontville (pop. 900) was founded in 1830 as a bridgehead on the Jordan River. Many of its old buildings are under statutory protection. For the purposes of restoration work two abandoned sandstone quarries were reopened. The neo-Romanesque St Mark's Church (Anglican) was built by James Blackburn in 1841. Behind the church is the Sheiling, formerly the police station (1819). The old post office, originally the officers' mess, dates from around 1824. The five little houses in the Row, beside the bridge of 1824, were built about the same time for soldiers guarding the convicts.