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Visit the historical site of Magee's Shanty, a piece of Barcoo Shire's history about 90 kms east-southeast of Jundah. The site was put on the map by Banjo Paterson in the heyday of ballad writing and mentioned in his poem A Bush Christening. It is believed that Banjo was writing the poem about Mr. Tim McPhellamy and his ten-year-old son who were on Sedan Station, and at one time owned the Welford Lagoon Hotel. The McPhellamy boys parents resided at the Shanty Pub for some time working their carrier teams before moving to Windorah where Tim was a butcher and later took over the Western Star Hotel in 1912, which still stands today. A few hundred metres east of these ruins is the resting place of gold prospector Richard Magoffin who at the age of 52 years perished on the 6th of December 1885 in search of water for his horses during a severe dust storm.