Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown (5 November 17972 April 1894 He then acquired of land in the valley, around Cooerwull Brook (now known in Lithgow as Farmer's Creek). The property originally used for grazing, became known as Cooerwull after the small blue flowers which grow in the area.

Philanthropy As well as being an enterprising industrialist, Brown is also remembered as being a major contributor to the social fabric of the Presbyterian community of Lithgow and throughout New South Wales. In 1851 he founded the Cooerwull Academy, a Presbyterian boarding school for boys, and also built the Methven church and the current Bowenfels Presbyterian Church, as a school house for the children of itinerant rail workers in the area.

He was also a leading force in the creation of St Andrew's College at the University of Sydney.

A monument in his honour was originally unveiled in the Bowenfels Presbyterian Church in 1895, and is now located at Lithgow Uniting Church in Bridge Street, Lithgow.