West Wyalong Solicitors
& Conveyancers

On the 14 March 1894 a young Griffith (“Griff”) Parry Evans (1869 – 1943) arrived on the newly discovered goldfields of Wyalong. He had been admitted as a Solicitor on 25 November 1893, having paid Two Guineas for his Practicing Certificate and Three Pounds for his contribution to the Fidelity Fund. He had been holidaying in Barmedman when he heard of the outbreak of the gold at Wyalong. Being a young man with ambition to make his way in life, he left his home in Wagga Wagga and traveled to West Wyalong in the company of Messrs GE Wood, Harry Hardy and Charles Arnott, boning up on mining law during the two day journey.

Griff Evans proudly set up practice as Griffith Parry Evans, Solicitor and Commissioner for Affidavits. His first office was a lean-to in the vicinity of Grenfell Street, but within a few months he erected the first wooden building in Main Street, situated on the site of the present National Australia Bank. Later he built the first brick building in the Main Street on the block next door. The brick office remained there for many years until it was incorporated into the present Souden’s Hardware building. In 1927 he commissioned the building of the present offices of G.P.