You are here: Home › Archive › Our Story › Our History Old › Local History › NNSW › Gunnedah › Early Beginnings Early beginnings Share Facebook Twitter Tweet Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print The Salvation Army marched into Gunnedah in 1887. Its first Salvation Army officers were Staff Captain and Mrs Robert Smith. The first Salvation Army hall was located on Marquis Street, but it was moved to its present site in Barber Street in 1938.