Early 1900's First irrigation settlement in New South Wales commenced at Curlwaa, seven kilometres east of Wentworth.
1901 EJ Sykes and Selina Wilkes married
1902 William Wilkes went to the Boer War.
Railway line from Melbourne to Mildura
1903 Desmond Sykes born in Wentworth.
Railway line extended to Yelta, on the Victoria side of the Murray river, close to Wentworth. Despite many official pleas, a bridge for the railway was never built into New South Wales.
The railways quickly replaced the paddlesteamers. This was the beginning of a shift from Wentworth as the major hub of the area to Mildura. Today the population of Wentworth is 1400, Mildura 30,000.
1905 Maureen Sykes born in Euston
1908 William Wilkes licensee of the Gol Gol hotel

1911 Isabel McLeod born. EJ and Selina buy the Commercial hotel. St. Ignatius Catholic school built (see photos).
1915 Maisie Wilkes marries Jim Loomes
1917 Edna Joan Sykes born to Selina and EJ, Bernard (Barn) Loomes born to Maisie and Jim Loomes
1916/1917 EJ purchased a car, and was appointed Mayor (the first of three occasions)
1918 Jean Loomes born to Maisie and Jim
1919 Peg Loomes born to Maisie and Jim

1920 William Wilkes purchased Darragh, outside Balranald
1921 Bernard Wilkes purchased Oak Dene, and EJ and Selina bought Freemount, north of Balranald
1922 Dareton, centre of the Coomealla Irrigation Area, established
1924-25 Commercial hotel rebuilt
1925 St. Francis Xaviers school built next to the church. Selina Sykes died.
1926 Kath Loomes born to Maisie and Jim. The Loomes family moved to Moree.
1927 Maureen Sykes married Ken Ford in Wentworth
Construction of the Mildura Bridge, Buronga, adjacent to Gol Gol
1928 Isabel McLeod started work at the Wentworth Herald
1929 Lock completed on the Murray at Wentworth