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===Barrington Guest House=== [[File:Barrington River 1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Barrington River (Australia)|Barrington River]]]] The Barrington Guest House was built from 1925 on the upper [[Williams River (New South Wales)|Williams River]] near Barrington Tops by Norman T. McLeod, licensee of the Royal Hotel in Dungog, using timber cut and milled from the property. It stood on land consisting of {{Convert|10.5|ha|acre}} of forest surrounded by National and State Parks and was officially opened in 1930 by Leader of the [[National Party of Australia|Country Party]] [[Earle Page]], with some 200 guests attending.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hartley |first1=Dulcie |title=Barrington Tops: a vision splendid |date=1993 |publisher=D. Hartley |isbn=978-0-646-15795-5 |oclc=38342669 }}{{pn|date=August 2021}}</ref> The guest house was a popular venue for people to stay in the park, until it burned down in a fire at 11pm on 24 September 2006 due to an electrical fault.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20471584-5006784,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215193757/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20471584-5006784,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2012|title=Fire destroys historic guesthouse|work=[[The Australian]]|date=25 September 2006|access-date=11 January 2007}}</ref> The fire was not regarded as suspicious.<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|448958194}} |title=NSW: Barrington Guest House Destroyed by Fire |work=AAP General News Wire |date=25 September 2006 }}</ref> It was undergoing modernisation under new ownership at the time of the fire. There are plans to rebuild, but no significant process has been made, and only part of the old chimney remains on the site.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-07-29|title=Guest house to be replaced with building of similar character|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-07-30/guest-house-to-be-replaced-with-building-of/2516572|access-date=2021-04-23|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref> The guest house has undergone many different owners in its history. Mattara Investments, trading as Barrington Guest House, bought the premises in 1976. Due to business troubles however, it was placed into voluntary administration in 2000, after which the business was taken over by David and Susan Eissa in February 2002.<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|364744038}} |last1=Scanlon |first1=Mike |title=SNAP SHOT Barrington Guest House |work=Herald |date=11 January 2003 |page=27 }}</ref> Only one more owner has been known since (according to the now defunct website); it was purchased in January 2004 by Natalie Day and Tony Horley.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-08-21|title=Our History|url=http://www.barringtonguesthouse.com.au/cgi-bin/engine.pl?Page=page.html&Rec=14|access-date=2021-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821020203/http://www.barringtonguesthouse.com.au/cgi-bin/engine.pl?Page=page.html&Rec=14|archive-date=21 August 2006}}</ref> In April 2024, the site was purchased by a group of previous guests and owners who are making it safe to enable future visitation (2025).
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