The 1848 Wells Gazetteer has a long section on this it is modern day Monaro. Described in 1849 as a squatting district adjacentto the counties of St. Vincent and Murray keeping right of the bank of the Murrumbidgee. In 1848 it had 1916 inhabitants 1321males and 595 females living in 185 houses. There was no mention of Midling Bank Regards Elizabeth Roberts