Where did your ancestors live in the late 1800s? Follows is a list and brief description of the townships in New South Wales as described in 1877.

This information may help those who are tracing the path of their ancestors within Australia. Basic information such as location and the main activities in the district may indicate why an ancestor went to the location.  There is more information on each place available in the source material such as the buildings, businesses and population at each in the 1870s and in many cases, the means of travel to, or communication with, the town.

ABERCROMBIE is the name given to a gold-field comprising the diggings on the Abercrombie river, and its tributaries Tuena, Rockybridge, and Copperhannia or Oakey creeks, and Isabella river.

ABERDEEN, a township on the E bank of the Hunter river, 159 miles N of Sydney, the main line of road between Muswellbrook and Scone passing through it. It is a postal, savings’ bank and money-order office, and a railway station, and is in the county of Brisbane, police district of Scone, and electoral district of the Upper Hunter. The route from Sydney is by steamer to Newcastle, 87 miles, thence Great Northern Railway

ADAMINIBY, sometimes called Seymour, is a township 329 miles S. of Sydney, on the main road to Kiandra, from which it is distant about 20 miles. It is m the county of Wallace, electoral district of Manaro, and police district of Cooma. It lies on high ground, being some 3,000 feet above the sea-level.

ADELONG, a township on the creek of the same name, 252 miles from Sydney, S. the railway to Yass, thence coach to Adelong Creek, are means of conveyance. It is a postal, telegraph, Government savings’ bank, and money-order office. It is in the county of Wynyard, electoral district of Tumut, and police district of Gundagai.

ALBION PARK, a post town on the Macquarie rivulet, in the electoral and police district of Kiama, county of Camden, centrally situated between Kiama and Wollongong, about 14 miles distance from each, five miles from Shellharbour, and 81 miles SSW. of Sydney.

ALBURY, an important and flourishing town on the confines of N. S. Wales and Victoria, county and police district of Albury, and electorate of the Hume, situated on the bank of the Murray river. Albury was proclaimed a municipality on June 4th, 1859.

ALTONSVILLE, a post town in the county of Rouse, electoral district of the Clarence, and police district of Richmond river, about 400 miles ENE. of Sydney, coach to Ballina, thence by sailing vessel, or by the river steamers, when running, being the means of communication.

ANVIL CREEK, a post, money-order, and telegraph office, in the police district of West Maitland, 104.5 miles N. of Sydney, on the creek of the same name. It is principally a mining district.

APPIN, a small township, county of Cumberland, electorate of Narellan and police district of Campbelltown, 42 miles S. of Sydney, and 10 miles S of Campbelltown, the nearest railway station. The district is purely agricultural.

ARALUEN, a mining township 201 miles SW of Sydney. The majority of people are engaged in mining pursuits. The diggings are almost all alluvial, the country surrounding Araluen is exceedingly mountainous, and ill-adapted for agricultural purposes.

ARMIDALE is situated on the Dumaresq creek, on the main Northern Road, 313 miles N. of Sydney, whence it is reached by steamer to Newcastle, rail to Murrurundi, thence mail coach. It was proclaimed a municipality on November 13th, 1863. The district surrounding Armidale is principally pastoral and agricultural, with some alluvial gold and stanniferous diggings, within a few miles of the town.

ASHFIELD, a municipal borough, and post, Government savings’ bank, money-order, telegraph office, and railway station on the Great Southern Railway; about five miles W. of Sydney. It is in the county of Cumberland, and electoral district of Canterbury, and returns two members to the Legislative Assembly.

ASHFORD, a small township and money order office on the Frazer creek, 423 miles N. of Sydney, and 37 miles N. of Inverell. It is in the county of Arrawata, electoral district of Tenterfield and police district of Moerell. The country is taken up by farms and stations, but is well suited for winegrowing.

AVISFORD, a postal and money-order office, on Meroo river in the county of Wellington, electoral district of Mungee, and police district of Hargreaves, 166 miles NW of Sydney.

BALLINA, a village at the mouth of the Richmond river, on the north bank, in the Clarence district, 340 miles N of Sydney, to which steamers run periodically from Lawrence. It is in the county Rouse, Richmond river police district, and Clarence and Richmond electoral district. It is in the port of the district and has a pilot with a crew of five men, and also a collector of Customs.

BALMAIN, a suburb of Sydney, on the western shores of Darling harbour, which is here from one to two miles broad. Steam ferries ply throughout the day. From its picturesque situation Balmain has long been a favourite residence with the citizens of Sydney. Some of the most extensive -workshops of the colony are located here including Mort’s Dry Dock, Rountree’s works, chemical and gas works, and numerous ship and boat-building yards. The area the municipality of Balmain is under a square mile. It was proclaimed February 21, 1860.

BALRANALD lies on the north bank of the Murrumbidgee, 554 miles to the S.W. of Sydney, the route to which is via Wagga-Wagga, or it can be arrived at by way of Melbourne, this latter is the better route. It is in the county of Caira, electorate and police district of same name. It is the principal crossing place of stock from South Australia to Victoria, for which purpose commodious punts are provided. The district is mainly a pastoral one.

BANDON GROVE, a post town in the county of Gloucester, electoral district of the Williams, and police district of Dungog, 131 miles N. of Sydney. It lies on the E. side of the river, at the junction of the Chichester and the Williams. The surrounding land is rough, rugged, and scrubby, of sandstone and granite formation, but fitted for agricultural and pastoral pursuits. Coarse nuggety gold has been found on the Little River 7 miles away.

BANKSTOWN, a post town in the county of Cumberland, and electoral district of Central Cumberland, 12 miles distant S. from the Sydney post office, to which an omnibus runs twice daily. The George’s river is 3 miles from here.

BARRABA, a postal township and money-order office, 311 miles N. of Sydney, on the Manilla river. Tamworth, the nearest place of any importance is 60 miles distant. The route from Sydney to Barraba is by steamer to Newcastle, thence rail to Murrurundi and coach to Tamworth, from which place horse or private conveyance must be used.

BARRINGTON, a postal centre in the county of Gloucester, electorate of Williams, and Stroud police district, 164 miles N. of Sydney, on the river of the same name. Communication is by coach and steamer vid Raymond Terrace. Population about 140. Mountainous and rocky district, with some patches of alluvial soil, held principally by farmers on lease.

BATEMAN’S BAY, a post town and money order office, in the county of St. Vincent and Eden electoral district, situate on the Clyde river, 200 miles S. of Sydney.

BATHURST, so named by Governor Macquarie in 1815, in honour of Lord Bathurst, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, is the principal town in the western district of N. S. Wales. It is situated on the south bank of the Macquarie river, on rising ground, 2,333 feet above the sea-level, surrounded by hills, and is distant from Sydney 122 miles nearly due west.

BEGA is situated on the banks of the Bega river, 9 miles distant from the seaport of Tathra, and 255 miles S. of Sydney. Conveyance to Tathra, or Merimbula—the seat of Munn’s maizena manufacture—thence by steamer, are the means of communication. It is a postal, money order, and Government savings’ bank office and telegraph station.

BELFORD, a post town on Jump-up Creek, in the county of Northumberland, electoral district of Patrick’s Plains and police district of Singleton. It is situated 115 miles N. of Sydney, and is a platform on the Great Northern Railway. Its features are undulating and pleasing; on one side the Rothbery mountain shuts in the view, bush land bounding the other sides. The soil is poor and impregnated with nitre. The vine is largely cultivated by the German portion of the inhabitants.

BENDEMEER, a township on the banks of the Muleurindie river, on the main Northern Road, distant from Sydney, N. 273 miles. Communication is by coach to Murrurundi, thence rail to Newcastle, and steamer. There are numerous stations in the district; farming is not much followed. It is a telegraph, money order, and postal station.

BERRIMA, is a township, telegraph station, Government savings’ bank, and money-order office, on the Wingecarribee river, on the main Southern Road, at an elevation of about 2,300 feet above the sea level. It is 83 miles distant from Sydney, SW., with which the connection is by coach to Sutton Forest railway station, distant 6 miles.

BIBBENLUKE, a post town in the county of Wellesley, and electoral district of Monaro, situated on the river whose name it bears, about 307 miles S. of Sydney. The district is both of a pastoral and agricultural character.

BILLABONG is a post town in the county of Ashburnam, electoral district of Bogan, and police district of Forbes, 250 miles WNW. (229 miles postal) of Sydney, 2.5 miles from Goobang creek, on the main road to the Bogan, and 2 miles N. of Parkes, whence the metropolis is reached. The agricultural land is unsurpassed and is also unequalled for fruit and vine growing.

BILLABONG, LITTLE. (See Little Billabong).

BINALONG, a postal township and money order office, 205 miles SW. of Sydney, on the banks of the Bangalal creek, about 25 miles from Yass. It is in the county of Harden, electoral district of Lachlan, and police district of Burrowa. The country is occupied by farms and stations, and some mining in gold, galena, iron, and copper is going on.

BINGERA, a township, telegraph station, and Government savings’ bank office, situated at the confluence of the creek of the same name and the Gwydir river, 352 miles N. of Sydney, the route to which is by conveyance to Tamworth, from there the coach to Murrurundi, thence rail and steamer there are numerous alluvial diggings in the neighbourhood. Large quantities of diamonds have at various times been found in the district. Farms and stations are numerous.

BLACKTOWN, a post and telegraph township in the county and electoral district of Cumberland and police district of Parramatta, 22 miles W of Sydney. It is a station on the Great Western Railway. The surrounding country is mostly laid out for vineyards and fruit and orange orchards

BLANDFORD, a small postal township in the county of Brisbane, electoral district of the Upper Hunter, and police district of Murrurundi, on the Page river, 188 miles N of Sydney, about 4 miles from the Murrurundi railway station and is itself a railway platform. The surrounding district is good grazing country, well watered, and encircled by lofty ranges.

BLAYNEY, a money-order township 144 miles W. of Sydney, and 22 miles W. of Bathurst, situated on the Bellubula river. Coaches communicate with Bathurst, the nearest railway station. The soil is well adapted for agricultural purposes, wheat being principally grown.

BODALLA, a postal, telegraph, Government savings’ bank, and money-order village on the Tuross river, 212 miles S. of Sydney, the route to which can be either by conveyance to Moruya, 20 miles, thence steamer, or to Braidwood, thence per coach and rail. The neighbouring country is auriferous, but has not been much worked. Agricultural and pastoral pursuits are principally followed.

BOGGABRI, a post and telegraph town in the county of Pottinger, electoral district of Liverpool Plains, and police district of Tamworth, at the junction of Cox’s creek and the Namoi river, 298 miles NW. of Sydney, to which coach, train, and steamer from Newcastle are the means of communication. Pastoral and. agricultural district, selectors are gradually taking up the country, soil being chiefly level alluvial plains of great fertility.

BOLONG (See Bomadary.)

BOMADARY, formerly Bolong, a post town in the county of Camden, electorate and police district of Shoalhaven, 119 miles S. of Sydney. It is a farming district of trap formation, and is described as a very pretty place, out of the reach of floods, with plenty of good, water.

BOMBALA, a leading township in the Manaroo district on the Bombala river, 312 miles SSW. of Sydney. It is in the county of Wellesley, police district of Bombala, and electoral district of Manaroo. The country surrounding Bombala is occupied by farms and stations. Gold, mining is carried on at the Delegete diggings, a few miles distant

BOOKHAM, a post town in the county of Harden, electoral district of Burrowa, and police district of Binalong, located on the Bogolong creek, about 200 miles S. of Sydney, on the Great Southern road. District is of a pastoral and agricultural character, but recently lead, silver, copper, and iron have been found.

BORAMBIL, a village about 2.5 miles from Cassilis (see below) and 225 miles N. of Sydney.

BOURKE is situated on the Darling river, 576 miles NW. from Sydney. It is in the county of Cowper, electoral district of Begin, and police district of Bourke and is a post, money-order, and telegraph office. The district is mainly occupied by sheep stations.

BOWNA, a post town and money-order office in the county of Goulburn, police district of Albury and electoral district of the Hume, 377 miles (252 postal) SW. of Sydney. It is on the Mullingandra creek near its junction with Twelve Mile creek and is distant 2 miles from the Murray river. The Upper Murray road joins the main southern road at this point.

BOWENFELS, a money-order, Government savings’ bank, and telegraph township, 97 miles W. of Sydney, with which it is in direct railway communication. It lies nearly 3,000 feet above the sea level, at the junction of the Bathurst and Mudgeo roads. The district is both agricultural and pastoral there are also large deposits of coal and kerosene shale in the vicinity.

BRAIDWOOD, an important township on the Jillimatong creek, 186 miles to the SSW. of Sydney, situated 3,357 feet above the sea-level. In spite of drawbacks, the principal of which is its difficulty of access—from the rugged character of the country—it is a thriving and improving place and may be considered the principal town in the southern gold-fields district.

BRANXTON, a postal, money-order, and Government savings’ Bank township and railway station, in the county of Northumberland, electoral district of the Hunter, and police district of Maitland, on the Anvil creek and main Northern road, 110 miles N. of Sydney, the communication with which is by rail via, Newcastle, thence steamer. There are large deposits of coal of superior quality in the town, giving employment to a number of miners. The district is principally occupied by farmers.

BREEZA, a small township and money-order office on the Mooki river, 242 miles N. of Sydney and 32 miles from Tamworth. It is in the county of Pottinger, police district of Gunnedah, and electoral district of Liverpool Plains. The district is principally occupied by runs, though numerous selectors are now settling here. A considerable traffic passes through Breeza, as it is on the main road to Namoi, Walgett, and Bourke.

BREWARRINA, a postal, telegraph, and money-order township on the river Bamon (Darling), county of Clyde, electoral district of the Bogan and police district of Bourke, 526 miles NW. from Sydney, and about 70 miles from Bourke.

BRISBANE WATER, a district on the north side of Broken Bay, the principal town being Gosford (see below).

BROADWATER, is a place better known than its size would warrant, from its being the head quarters of a meat-preserving establishment. It is situated on the river Clarence, a mile or two above Rocky mouth. The river here widens out to a basin of considerable extent.

BROUGHTON’S CREEK, a money-order village on a creek of the same name, 109 miles S. of Sydney. It is in the county of East Camden, and electoral and police district of Shoalhaven. It is about 8 miles distant from the coast, Shoalhaven, whence steamers ply to Sydney. The country around is very mountainous, the ranges averaging 1,000 to 1,200 feet in height. The valleys are very fertile, and large quantities of maize, wheat, and other cereals, as well as potatoes and other root crops, are raised. Formation, clay, trap, and carbonaceous, with coal in abundance. Broughton Creek and Bomaderry form a municipal district, proclaimed Oct. 24th, 1868.

BRUSHGROVE, a post town in the county of Clarence, electoral district of Grafton, on the river Clarence, about 360 miles N. of Sydney, the route to which is vid Grafton by steamer.

BUKKULLA is neither a township nor a village but is noticed because the name is familiar to thousands of British people who know nothing of Australian towns of considerable importance. This celebnty is due entirely to the wines grown here.

BULLI, a small village, picturesquely situated between the range of mountains and the coast, about 8 miles N. of Wollongong, and 59 miles (40 direct) S of Sydney, the coast road from which city passes through the village. It is in the counties of Camden and Cumberland, electorate of Illawarra, and police district of Wollongong. It is the headquarters of the Bulli Mining Company, who keep about 150 men employed in their tunnel mine.

BUNDARRA, a postal township. Government savings’ bank and money-order and telegraph office on the Gwydir or Bundarra river, 323 miles N of Sydney, in the county of Hardinge, and electoral and police district of Armidale. The nearest places of importance are Inverell and Bendemeer. Bundarra is situated in a valley of considerable extent and of great fertility.

BUNGENDORE, a small township and money-order office in the county of Murray, on the Turalla creek, 174 miles. S. of Sydney, and about 17 miles from Queanbeyam. Quartz reefing was formerly carried on a few miles distant, but the yield to the present has not been very large’ and the pursuit is now totally abandoned. The district is taken up by farms and stations, the soil being well suited both for tillage and grazing.

BURRANGONG. See Young.

BURROWA, or Boorowa is a township in the county of King on the Burrowa river, on the main southern road from Sydney to Wagga-Wagga, the soil being well adapted for agricultural operations. The district is also a pastoral one. Burrowa has a post, money-order, and telegraph station, and in the vicinity are a copper mine and a smelting works in full work.

BURWOOD, a suburban village and railway station on the Great Southern line, 6.5 miles W of Sydney. Many of the merchants and superior tradesmen of the city have their residences at Burwood.

CAMBERWELL, a post town in the county of Durham and electoral and police district of Patrick’s Plains, located on Glennings creek, 132 miles N. of Sydney The railway station is 3 miles away, but there is a platform within 1.5 miles of the town. The district is supposed to be rich in coal.

CAMDEN, one of the oldest places in the colony, is located in the centre of a district most advantageously suited for culture, and the vineyards and farms have reached perhaps as high a standard of excellence as any in Australia. It lies on the hanks of the river Nepean (or Cowpasture), the main southern road, passing through the village. It is in the county and electoral district of Camden, and is a post and money-order office, and Government saving’s bank. It is distant from Sydney about 42 miles SW. The pleasing character of the country, coupled with its great agricultural advantages, early led to its settlement. Much land is devoted to the growth of the grape. It was once a thriving busy place, but floods, rust, and other draw backs have greatly injured it.

CAMPBELLTOWN is another of the early settlements of the colony, situate in the county of Cumberland and electoral district of Narellan. It is connected with Sydney, from which it is 34 miles distant SW., by the Great Southern line of railway. It is a post and money-order office, Government savings’ bank, and telegraph station. The country surrounding is principally of an agricultural character. The district also produces over 2,500 gallons of wine yearly. Coal exists in considerable quantities, but up to the present no steps have been taken to develop this resource.

CAMPERDOWN, a western suburb of Sydney, and a municipality, 3 miles W. of the city, on the Parramatta and Cook’s river roads. There are several important works and factories within the boundaries, which give employment to a number of hands. Camperdown was proclaimed a municipality Nov. 13, 1862.

CANONBAR, a postal and money-order office, situated on Duck creek, 330 miles NW. of Sydney. It is in the county of Gregory, electoral district of Bogan, and police district of Dubbo. The district is almost entirely pastoral, sheep being more extensively reared than cattle or horses. It is at times subject to both floods and droughts.

CARCOAR, a postal, telegraphic, savings’ bank, and money-order township (prettily situated in a valley), on the banks of the Belabula river, 150 miles to the SW. of Sydney, and about 33 miles from Bathurst, in the county of Bathurst. The river intersects the town, and is spanned by a bridge of commodious width, with double roadway. The district is mainly agricultural. There are alluvial gold workings and rich reefs. Copper is also being worked. The surrounding country is rough and hilly, the climate is cold and healthy, and well adapted for English fruits.

CARGO, a township and money-order office in the county of Ashburnham, electoral district of Molong, and police district of Toogong, 138 miles W. of Sydney, prettily located near to the Warri creek, and occupying a very central position for both agricultural and pastoral operations.

CASINO, the principal town in the police district of the Richmond river, county of Rous, and electoral district of Clarence, is situated on the main branch of that river, 90 miles from the port of Ballina (40 by road), and a little above navigation, a river steamer carrying goods within about a mile of it. It is 505 miles N. of Sydney.

CASSILIS, a post, money-order, telegraph, and Government savings’ bank office, in the county of Bligh, electoral district of the Upper Hunter, and north-eastern police district, 221 miles N. of Sydney, on the right bank of the Munmurray brook.

CASTLEREAGH, a post town on the Nepean river, in the county of Cumberland, electoral district of Nepean, and police district of Penrith 40 miles W. by N. of Sydney. The surrounding land is mostly composed of alluvial deposit and meets well the requirements of the farmer and grazier.

CATHCART, a post town in the county of Wellesley, police district of Bombala, and electoral district of Monaro, 220 (322 postal) miles S. of Sydney located on Badgery’s Swamp.

CHAMBERS’ CREEK, a post town in the county of Bathurst, 158 miles (176 postal) W. of Sydney, located on the creek of the same name. The district is a mining one, being a continuation of the belt of quartz veins from Hawkins’ Hill.

CLARENCE RIVER HEADS, a post town and telegraph-office, in the county and electoral district of the Clarence, in S. about 403 miles N. of Sydney.

CLARENCE TOWN, a small township and telegraph station, and money-order office in the county of Durham, and electoral district of the Williams, on the western bank of the Williams river, 114 miles NNE. of Sydney. The district in which it is situated is entirely agricultural, the alluvial flats on the banks of the river being specially fertile, and yielding heavy crops of maize, wheat, and other cereals Tobacco, too, is extensively cultivated.

CLARENDON, a post town in the county of the same name, electoral district of Murrumbidgee and police district of Gundagai. It is 4 miles from the Billabong creek, 7 miles from the Murrumbidgee river, and 290 miles SW. of Sydney.

COBARGO, a post town in the county of Dampier, electoral district of Eden, and police district of Bega, situated at the junction of the Wondella and Marrabrine creeks, 234 miles S. of Sydney. Indications are present of mineral wealth, but hitherto no success has attended any efforts to develop it.

CODRINGTON, on the Richmond river in the counties of Rous and Richmond, electoral district of Clarence, and police district of Casino about 4 miles above Coraki, 520 miles N. of Sydney has a post-office and public school, also two sugar mills. This district is likely to become one of the most productive as regards sugar in the colony.

COLLECTOR, a postal and money-order town ship on the creek of the same name, in the county and electoral district of Argyle, and police district of the Goulburn, 150 miles SSW. of Sydney.

CONCORD, a suburb of Sydney, lying about 8 miles W. Longbottom adjoins Concord.

CONDOBOLIN, a post town and money-order office in the electoral district of Bogan, 292 miles W. of Sydney, situate on the north bank of the Lachlan river. Forbes is distant 60 miles E.

COOK, a suburban municipality lying to the W. of Sydney, between the municipalities of Newtown, Camperdown, and the Glebe. It was proclaimed in 1862, has an area of only half a square mile.

COOKARDINIA, a post town in the county of Goulburn, Hume electoral district, and police district of Ten Mile creek, 355 miles S. of Sydney. It is on the creek of the same name.

COOMA, county of Beresford, electorate of Manoora, police district of Cooma, is prettily situated on high land, 2,657 feet above the sea-level, on the creek of the same name, 257 miles to the SSW. of Sydney. The surrounding country is both pastoral and agricultural. The Cooma diggings are in the vicinity of the town.

COONABARABRAN, a post, telegraph, and money-order township on the Castlereagh river, about six miles from its source and 294 miles distant from Sydney. It is in the electoral district of Bogan and police district of Bathurst. The country is well watered and fitted for farming, which is almost exclusively followed.

COONAMBLE, a post, money-order, and telegraph office, situated at the junction of the Mogomodine creek and the Castlereagh river, 298 miles NW. of Sydney, and 100 miles from Dubbo. It is in the county of Leichhardt, electoral district of Bogan, and police district of Coonamble. The district, principally a grazing one, numbering about 2,500.

COORANBONG, a post town, money-order office and Government savings bank, in the county of Northumberland, electoral district of Wollombi, and police district of Brisbane Water, about 123 miles N. of Sydney. It is situated on Dora creek. The country around is very mountainous, and abounds with fine timber, fir, forest oak, blue gum, blackbutt, forest mahogany, ironbark, and other trees.

COPMAN HURST, a village 450 miles N. of Sydney, with a population of about 208. It is in the county and electoral district of Clarence. Route to Sydney is via Grafton, 20 miles distant. The sea is nearly 80 miles away, but the river Clarence, on whose banks Copmanhurst is sited, is tidal to the township. Mining, agricultural, and pastoral district.

CORAKI, a newly-formed township on the Richmond river, about 45 miles from the Heads, and 515 N. of Sydney. It is built at the junction of the north arm of the Richmond river, on the south bank of the stream. The township is situated in the centre of good pastoral country taken up freely by squatters. Much sugar, too, is grown in the district.

COROWA, a money-order, postal, and telegraph township, in the county and electoral district of the Hume, prettily situated on the banks of the river Murray, 406 miles SW. of Sydney, and 34 miles from Albury. It is in the midst of a good and very flat grazing country, which is also well adapted for the vignerons purposes.

COWRA, an agricultural, post, money-order, Government savings’ bank, and telegraph township, situated on the north bank of the Lachlan river, 32 miles SW. of Carcoar, and 184 miles W. of Sydney. It is in the county of Bathurst and electoral and police district of Carcoar. From its situation it is liable to be flooded, and in June, 1870, the whole township was nearly swept away; since that time the town has been extended to rising ground, east of the former site, and many substantial buildings have been erected.

CROKI, a small village situated on the N. bank of the Manning river, in the midst of a fine agricultural district. It is in the county of Macquarie, electoral district of Hastings, and Manning river police district, about 205 miles N. of Sydney.

CUDGEGONG is a mining township in the county of Wellington, and electoral district of Mudgee, situated on the river of the same name, 59 miles NW. from Hartley, 20 miles SE. from Mudgee, and about 140 miles NW. of Sydney. The surrounding district is an agricultural one, although there are extensive alluvial gold diggings in the neighbourhood.

CUNDLETOWN, a postal and money-order township on the north arm of the Manning river, 16 miles distant from the ocean, and 199 miles from Sydney, NE. It is in the county of Macquarie, electoral district of Hastings, and police district of Manning river.  The district is mainly an agricultural one, maize sugar being extensively cultivated.

DALTON, a post town in the county of King, police and electoral district of Yass Plains, 170 miles (163 postal) SW. of Sydney. It is situated on the Oolong creek, about 1.5 miles above its confluence with the Jerrawa creek, and 4 miles from the railway.

DAPTO, a township on the south side of Mullet creek, in the Illawarra electoral district, 74 miles S. of Sydney. It is in the county of Camden police district of Wollongong. The district is principally taken up by dairy-farming and coal abounds in the neighbouring Illawarra range. Lake Illawarra is in the vicinity.

DEEPWATER, a small village and telegraph station about 397 miles N. of Sydney, situated mid way between Glen Innes and Tenterfield. It is in the county of Gough, and electoral and police district of Tenterfield. It takes its name from a lake or immense waterhole in the vicinity.

DENILIQUIN, a postal, money-order, savings’ bank, telegraph, and municipal township, on the Edwards river, and the principal place of importance in what is known as the Riverine district. It is distant from Sydney about 488 miles SW., but it is much more easily reached vid Melbourne, 195 miles S.

DENMAN, a telegraph, savings’ bank, and money-order office, 165 miles NW. of Sydney, on the banks of the Hunter river, about 3 miles above the junction with the Goulburn. It is in the county of Brisbane, electoral district of Upper Hunter, and police district of Muswellbrook, and is distant 16 miles from the Muswellbrook railway station. The district is a grazing and farming one and consists’ of rich alluvial flats backed up by lofty hills of Sandstone.

DOUGLAS PARK, a post town and railway station on the Southern line, in the county of Camden, and police and electoral district of Camden, near the river Nepean, 45 miles S. of Sydney.

DOVEDALE, a village 377 miles N. of Sydney.

DEAKE. See Lunatic Reefs.

DUBBO, a progressing township 226 miles NW. of Sydney, in the county of Lincoln, electoral district of Bogan, and police district of Dubbo on the Macquarie river. The municipal district was proclaimed Feb 16, 1872.

DUNGOG, a small post, money-order, telegraph, and savings’ bank township, picturesquely situated on the west bank of the river Williams, 31 miles from Maitland, and 130 miles N. of Sydney. It is in the county of Durham, electoral district of the Williams, and police district of Dungog. The district is principally an agricultural one, maize and wheat being the staple products ; tobacco is also largely grown.

EAST KEMPSEY, a postal town in the county of Dudley, electoral district of Hastings, and police district of Kempsey, on the Mackay river, 271 miles N. of Sydney, by sea 366 miles.

EAUABALONG, a postal township in the county of Blaxland, electorate of Balranald, and police district of Hay, 350 miles W. of Sydney, situated on the Lachlan river, .about 15 miles within the Riverine district.

EDEN situated on the north shore of Twofold Bay, 285 miles S. of Sydney, and 50 miles N. from Cape Howe by land, but only about half that distance by sea. It sprang into existence about ten years ago, when the rush to the Snowy River goldfields took place. With the collapse of these fields, the town dwindled away to small proportions.

ELLALONG, a post town in the county of Northumberland, and police and electoral district of Wollombi, 120 miles N. of Sydney.  Grazing and farming locality.

EMU, a small postal and money-order township in the county of Cook, electoral district of Nepean, and police district of Penrith, on the Nepean river, about three miles from Penrith, half a mile from the nearest railway station (Emu Plains) and 36 miles W. of Sydney. The river for several miles above the township is broad and deep enough to float vessels of any tonnage.

EMU CREEK is a goldfield in the southern district which has attracted considerable attention from the number of extensive gold-bearing quartz reefs that have been discovered and opened there. They are by far the largest reefs ever found in the colony and have yielded unusually large returns.

EUSTON, a postal telegraph and money-order township, in the county of Taila, Wentworth police district, and Balranald electoral district, on the Murray river, about 608 miles south of Sydney and 60 miles from Balranald. It is an important crossing place for stock into the colony of Victoria, and more easily reached from Melbourne than Sydney.

FAIRFIELD, a post town on the upper part of the Shoalhaven river, within about 20 miles of its source, about 30 miles S. of the town of Braidwood and 226 miles S. of Sydney. It is in the county of Murray, and police and electoral district of Braidwood.

FERNMOUNT, a post, Government savings’ bank, and money-order office on the river Bellinger in the county of Raleigh, electoral district of Hastings, and police district of Macleay, 337 miles N of Sydney

FIELD OF MARS, a post town in the county of Cumberland, electoral district of Central Cumberland, and police district of Parramatta 13 miles W. of Sydney. The district is noted for’ its fruit-growing capabilities, oranges largely predominating. There are valuable quarries.

FISH RIVER CREEK, or Oberon, a post town on the Fish River Creek, county of Westmore land, electoral and police district of Hartley 140 miles W. of Sydney, and 32 miles SE. of Bathurst.

FIVE DOCK, a post town 8 miles W of Sydney, located on the Parramatta and Iron Cove creek, in the county of Cumberland, and electoral district of Canterbury. Much fruit and vegetables are grown here.

FORBES, an important township, telegraph money-order, and Government savings’ bank office’ 240 miles W from Sydney on the north bank of the Lachlan river. Forbes was formerly celebrated for its fabulously rich gold mines but that interest has decreased of late years, and its chief business relations are now connected with stock and agriculture. The municipal district was proclaimed April 27 1870.

FREDERICTON, a post town in the county of Dudley, police district of Kempsev, and electoral district of Hastings, 301 miles N. of Sydney situated on the Macleay river and Christmas creek. Agricultural and pastoral district.

GERMANTON, a postal, telegraph, and Government savings’ bank township and money-order office in the county of Goulburn, electoral district of Hume, and police district of the Murray, on the Ten Mile creek, 32 miles NNE. of Albury, and 326 miles SW. of Sydney.

GERRINGONG, a village and municipality on the South Coast road, 99 miles S. of Sydney, and about 7 miles S. of Kiama.

GLADESVILLE, or Tarban, a money-order village on the banks of the Parramatta river, 7 miles W. of Sydney.  Oranges and other fruit are largely grown in the district. The lunatic asylum is located here.

GLADSTONE, a post, money-order, telegraph and savings’-bank town, in the county of Macquarie, electoral district of Hastings, and police district of Macleay river, 277 miles NNE. of Sydney, situate on the Macleay river, at the confluence with the Belmore.

GLANMIRE, a mining township and money order office, in the county of Roxburgh, and electoral district of East Macquarie, situated on St. Anthony’s creek, about 7 miles NE. of Bathurst, and 117 miles W. of Sydney. The diggings were first discovered in June, 1865; there are now a fair number of miners employed.

GLEBE, a suburb of Sydney, in the electoral district of Glebe and Balmain, near Blackwattle Bay on the SW. side of the city. It is an independent municipality, having been proclaimed August 1, 1859, and contains an area of three-quarters of a square mile.

GLEN INNES, is pleasantly situated at the foot of a hill, at an elevation of 3,700 feet above the sea-level, on the Rocky ponds, about four miles from the Beardy river, on the road between Armidale and Tenterfield, 373 miles NNW. of Sydney. It is in the county of Gough, electoral district of Tenterfield, and police district of Glen Innes. It has been a municipal district since June 17, 1872. The district is partly agricultural, but sheep and stations predominate, and some mining is carried on.

GOSFORD, a post, savings’ bank, and money order township on the shore of Brisbane water, near Broken Bay, about 50 miles N. of Sydney. It is in the county of Northumberland, electoral district of Wollombi, and police district of East Maitland. Maize, potatoes, sugar, and tobacco being the leading crops; much fruit is also grown. It is chiefly a timber producing district, of which great quantities are exported.

GOULBURN is the principal depot of the southern inland trade. It is situated near the juncture of the Mulwarree Ponds and Wollondilly river and lies distant from Sydney 128 miles in a south-westerly direction, at an elevation of 2,129 feet above the sea-level. It was made a city in 1865. A very productive character, a large breadth of country being under cultivation. Goulburn was proclaimed a municipality on June 4th, 1859.

GRAFTON is also a city, the district having (in 1868) been made into a diocese, under the name of Grafton and Armidale. It is a municipality (proclaimed July 19, 1859). It is situated on both sides of the Clarence river, about 55 miles from the sea, from which it is navigable. Grafton is distant from Sydney 450 miles NE. lt is composed of North and South Grafton. North Grafton is the larger.

GRENFELL is an agricultural, pastoral, and gold-field town on the Emu creek. The Wedden Mountains rise to the SW., 7 miles from the town. Quartz reefs abound in the neighbourhood. The land in the neighbourhood is exceedingly good, and for the most part consists of a rich loamy and chocolate-coloured soil, being peculiarly well suited for vines, fruit trees, and cereal products. Grenfell is in the county of Monteagle, parish of Brundah, electorate of the Lachlan, and southern goldfields and Grenfell police district. It is a Government savings’ bank and money-order office, and telegraph station and lies 233 miles due W. of Sydney.

GRESFORD, a postal town, county of Durham and police and electoral district of the Paterson, 121 miles N. of Sydney, on the Paterson river. Country round both agricultural and pastoral.

GULGONG, a mining township in the county of Philip, 192 miles W. from Sydney, and 18 from Mudgee, between the Cudgegong river and the Wialda, or Reedy creek. It is mainly an alluvial goldfield. In January 1873, it was officially described by the Commissioner of the Western Goldfields as “the most important goldfield in the colony.”

GULLIGAL, a township situated on a lagoon of the same name in the Tamworth district, 282 miles N. of Sydney, and 16 miles west of Gunnedah, the nearest township. The district is principally a grazing one.

GUNDAGAI, a post, money-order, Government savings’ bank and telegraph-office town, on a branch of the Murrumbidgee river, 245 miles SW. of Sydney. It is in the county of Clarendon, electoral district of Murrumbidgee, and police district of Gundagai.

GUNDAROO, a money-order and postal town ship, on the Gundaroo head of the Yass river, 20 miles N. of Queanbeyan, and 171 miles SW. of Sydney. It is in the county of Murray, and police and electoral district of Queanbeyan.

GUNNEDAH, a postal Government savings’ bank, money-order township and telegraph station on the Naomi river, 265 miles N. of Sydney. It is in the county of Pottinger, electorate of Liverpool plains, and police district of Tamworth. It lies 50 miles W. of Tamworth.

GUNNING, a small postal, money-order and telegraph township, situated on the main southern road, 24 miles NE. of Yass, and 156 miles SW. of Sydney, in the county of King, and electoral district of Yass plains. Agricultural and pastoral district.

HANGING ROCKS. See Nundle.

HARGREAVES (formerly Louisa Creek), is a post town and money-order office in the county of Wellington, police and electoral district of Mudgee, and extends from the Lewis ponds to Louisa creek 190 miles NW. of Sydney.

HARTLEY, a money-order township situated on the river Lett, 82 miles NW. of Sydney, contiguous to the Great Western Railway, the nearest station being Onetree Hill, about 6 miles distant. It is embosomed among the Blue Mountains, at an altitude of 2,300 feet above the level of the sea.

HARTLEY, LITTLE, a small township and . money-order office about 2 miles from Hartley, at tire base of Mount Victoria, situated in the midst of wild and romantic scenery. It is about 80 miles W. of Sydney.

HASLEM’S CREEK, a post town on the creek of the same name 10 miles SW. of Sydney. It is in the county of Cumberland, and police and electoral district of Parramatta. A large area of land, 200 acres, has been set apart for the purposes of interment, and is known by the somewhat heathenish name of the Necropolis.

HAY is situated in the Riverine district, 460 miles SW. of Sydney. It is hi the county of Waradgery, and police and electoral district of Oxley, and is a post, Government savings’ bank, money-order office and telegraph station. It is an important crossing place by a fine iron swing bridge on the Murrumbidgee river, which is navigable to here by steamers during the greater part of the year.

HEXHAM, a township, Government savings’ bank and money-order office, on the south bank of the Hunter river, and railway station on the Great Northern line, 10 miles from Newcastle and 85 N. of Sydney. It is in the county and electoral district of Northumberland, and police district of Newcastle. There are coal pits in the neighbourhood. Maize is extensively cultivated, and considerable supplies of fruit are also sent to Sydney in the season.

HIGHLANDS, a small but rising village about 1.5 miles E. of Wilberforce (see below).

HILL END, a mining township in the county and electoral district of Wellington, 3 miles from Tambaroora, about 40 miles from Bathurst and 180 miles NW. of Sydney. It is a money-order office, savings’ bank, and telegraph station. It was proclaimed a municipality Aug. 6, 1873. The workings are principally in quartz, though there is alluvial ground.

HINTON, a post town in the county of Durham, electoral district of Morpeth, 84 miles N. of Sydney. It is situated at the junction of the Hunter and Patterson rivers. It is 6 miles from West Maitland and is connected with Morpeth by punt. The district is chiefly agricultural, hay and maize being largely grown.

HOME RULE, a money-order and post-office savings’ bank township, in the county of Philip, and electoral and police district of Mudgee, 485 miles W. of Sydney, on the banks of the Cooyall Creek.

HUNTER’S HILL, a municipality, 4 miles N. of Sydney, of which it may be considered a suburb. It was proclaimed Jan. 5, 1871. It is pleasantly situated on the Parra matta and Lane Cove rivers. It is a favourite place of residence for the citizens, and possesses numerous fine buildings of the villa order, to which well laid out gardens are attached.

ILLAWARRA is the name given to a beautiful, fertile, and romantic district about 50 miles S. of Sydney, and consists of a belt of land lying between the coast ranges and the ocean, thickly wooded, and for the most part of exuberant fertility. The chief towns are Wollongong and Kiama (see below).

INVERELL, a township on a flat bordering on the Macintyre river, 383 miles NW. of Sydney, and 42 miles W. of Glen Innes. It is in the police district of the same name, and electoral district of Tenterfield. There are three flour mills, a tannery, about half-a-dozen stores, and a wool-working establishment. The country surrounding Inverell is principally a pastoral and farming one. The municipal district of Inverell was proclaimed March 4, 1872.

IRONBARKS, a post, money-order, and mining township in the police district of Stony Creek, and electoral district of Wellington, on a creek of the same name, 189 miles W. of Sydney. The district abounds in quartz reef

JAMBEROO, a post and money-order village on the main road between Wollongong and Kiama, about 5 miles from the latter town, and 86 miles S. of Sydney. The district is agricultural and a dairy-farming one.

JEREELDERIE, a post, money-order, and telegraph office on the Billabong Creek, 428 miles SW of Sydney. It is in the county of Urana, electoral district of the Murray and police district of Deniliquin.

JERRY’S PLAINS, a township and tele graph station on the Hunter river, 143 miles N. of Sydney, 16 miles W. of Singleton and 22 miles S. of Muswellbrook. It is in the electoral district of Patrick’s Plains and Upper Hunter, and police district of Patrick’s Plains. The district is an agricultural one principally, the low lands being especially fertile.

JUGIONG, a postal and money-order township, county of Harden, electorate of Murrumbidgee and Lachlan and Gundagai police district on the river Murrumbidgee between Gundagai and Yass, 226 miles SW. of Sydney.

JUNEE, a postal centre in the parish of same name, county of Clarendon, electoral district o Lachlan, and police district of Wagga-Wagga. It i situated on Houlahan’s Creek and is distant 290 miles SW. of Sydney.

KANGAROO VALLEY, a post town in the county of St. Vincent, electoral and police district of Shoalhaven, 98 miles S. of Sydney, on the Kangaroo Valley river.

KAYUGA, a postal township on the banks of the river Hunter, about 4 miles N. of the Muswellbrook railway station, and 164 miles NW. by N. of Sydney. It is situated in the county of Brisbane, and electoral district of the Upper Hunter.

KELSO, a postal and money-order township and railway station, on the eastern bank of the Macquarie river, in the county of Roxburgh, police district of Bathurst, and electoral district of West Macquarie, about 1.5 miles from Bathurst. It lies 143 miles W. of Sydney.

KEMPSEY is situated on the Macleay river, in a bend of the river, on low land, about 280 miles NE. of Sydney, and has, including both sides of the river —East and West Kempsey. It is the principal township in the Macleay district and the centre of business. It is a post, Government savings’ bank, telegraph, and money-order township, and is in the county of Dudley, electorate of Hastings, and police district of the Macleay river. There are two cordial manufactories and several stores. The public wharf is at the foot of Belgrave Street. The district is principally an agricultural one.

KEMPSEY WEST. See Kempsey.

KIAMA, a seaport town, Government savings’ bank, money-order office, and telegraph station, 90 miles to the S. of Sydney. It was erected into a municipality on August 11, 1859. It has a considerable trade with the metropolis, a large portion of the butter supply coming from the dairy farms in the immediate neighbourhood of the town.  One of the lions of Kiama is the Blow Hole. It is a cave into which the sea enters, and, in rough weather, is violently ejected in gusts of foam and spray through a natural aperture.

KIANDRA was once an important goldfields township, but with the failing of the goldfield the town correspondingly retrograded. It is situated on the Eucumbene creek, a tributary of the Snowy river, 313 miles SW. of Sydney, in the county of Wallace and district of Manaro. It lies 4,640 feet above the sea level.

KIMBERLEY is situated on Cope’s creek, a tributary of the Big river, 342 miles N. of Sydney, 11 miles S. of Inverell, and 18 miles N. of Bundarra. It is in the counties of Hardinge and Gough, Armidale electorate, and police district of Bundarra. The town owes its origin to the tin discoveries in 1872.

KURRAJONG, 46 miles NW. of Sydney is situated on Wheeney’s creek, which takes its rise near here, in the county of Cook, electorate of Hawkesbury, and police district of Windsor.

KURRAJONG HEIGHTS (Northfield) is a postal village in the county of Cook, electoral district of Hawkesbury, and police district of Windsor, about 50 miles W. by N. of Sydney. It is, as its name implies, on the summit of the Kurrajong hills, a spur of the Blue Mountain range. There are extensive orange orchards producing abundant crops of the golden fruit.

LACHLAN goldfields. See Forbes.

LAGGAN, a post town in the county of Georgiana, electoral district of Argyle, and police district of Goulburn, 155 miles SW. from Sydney, situated on the Gutty Cutygong creek. The district is reported to be very auriferous, and rich also in tin, copper, lead, and other minerals. Much wheat is also grown about here.

LAMBTON, a postal, money-order, telegraph station, and municipal township (proclaimed, June 24, 1871), in the county and electoral district of Northumberland, and police district of Waratah, 76 miles N. of Sydney, distant inland 2 miles from the Hunter river and 5 miles N. of Newcastle. Coal mining is the industry of the district. There are numerous orange orchards, vineyards and flower gardens.

LANE COVE, a post town in the county of Cumberland, electorate of St. Leonard’s, 9 miles N. of Sydney, situated about midway between the Lane Cove and Middle Harbour rivers, 2 miles from each. About here are located some of the finest orange orchards in the colony, and the whole district. Slate is abundant but the kind used for roofing purposes is not met with. Brick-clay and freestone abound in most parts.

LAWRENCE, a small postal and money order village on the right bank of the Clarence river, at a point termed the Elbow, about 9 miles above the Rocky Mouth, 18 miles from Grafton, and 464 miles N. of Sydney. Lawrence being the shipping port for much of the wool raised about Tenterfield.

LISMORE, a village money-order and telegraph office and Government savings’ bank, on the north arm of the Richmond river, 521 miles N. of Sydney, is at the head of navigation for sea-going vessels, and is situated ac the junction of Leycester’s and Wilson s creeks.

LIVERPOOL, one of the very early Government settlements of the colony, is situated on the George’s river, 22 miles S. of Sydney. It is a post, telegraph, money-order, and savings’ bank town. It is under municipal government (proclaimed June 27, 1872), is in the county of Cumberland, electoral district of Central Cumberland, and police district of Liverpool. Parramatta is about 9 miles distant.

LIVERPOOL PLAINS (native name Comleroy) is the name given to a tract of pastoral land containing 10 millions of acres, in the NE. part of the colony. It is supposed to have been at one time the bed of an immense inland lake. Much of the land is now under cultivation, and the district contains the following diggings—Hanging Rock, Nundle, Peel River, Wood’s Reef, Ironbark, and Barraba.

LOCHINVAR, a postal village and railway station on the Great Northern line, 8 miles from Maitland, and 101 miles N. of Sydney. The Hunter river runs close by. The district is a very fertile one, immense crops of maize, potatoes, barley, and oats being raised when floods do not occur. There are also numerous large vineyards.

LONG REACH, a post town 121 miles SW. of Sydney, situated in the county of Argyle, electorate of Marulan, and police district of the Goulburn. It lies on the S. side of the Wollondilly river, on the old Southern road.

LONG SWAMP is a postal town in the county of Georgiana, in the electoral and police district of Carcoar, 155 miles W. of Sydney. The district is agricultural, but mining pursuits are also followed.

LOUISA CREEK is a mining township in the creek of the same name, 190 miles NW. of Sydney.

LUNATIC REEFS, a post town and money order office in the county of Drake and electoral district of the Northern goldfields, situate on the Lunatic creek, about 500 miles N. of Sydney, and 7 miles from Drake proper.

MACDONALD TOWN, a post town and municipal district (proclaimed May 23, 1872), in the county of Cumberland, in the Newtown electorate, and police district of Sydney, from which it is 4 miles distant, in a southerly direction. The district is principally of ironstone and clay, the latter well suited for the making of bricks.

MACQUARIE PLAINS, a post town and railway station on the other side of the Blue Mountains, 135 miles W. of Sydney, and within a short distance of Bathurst, in whose police district it is. It is in the East Macquarie electorate.

MAITLAND is the second town in N. S. Wales, and comprises both East and West Maitland. It lies 93 miles N. of Sydney, in the county of Northumberland, electoral district of the Hunter, and police district of Maitland, and is situated on the Hunter river; its proximity to this has been the cause of the numerous disastrous floods which have from time to time devastated the town. The two parts of Maitland are distinct municipalities. East Maitland is governed by a mayor and councillors. Its boundaries are marked by the Hunter river and Wallis’s creek so far as the Victoria Bridge. It was proclaimed March 10 1862. West Maitland is much the larger and more populous of the two divisions. It was proclaimed November 13,1863.

MAITLAND EAST. See Maitland.

MARENGO, a small post tow 239 miles SE. of Sydney situated on the right bank of the Marengo creek, in the county of Monteagle, electorate of Lachlan, and police district of Young.

MARRICKVILLE, a suburban municipality lying 4 miles SW. of Sydney post-office, and 1 mile SW. of Newtown. lt is mostly taken up by market gardens.

KARULAN, a post, money-order, savings bank, and telegraph township, 18 miles E. of Goulburn and 112 miles SW. of Sydney. It is situated on the creek of the same name, not far from its junction with the Shoalhaven river, in the county of Argyle, electoral and police district of Goulburn. It is a station on the Great Southern line. District is principally pastoral, but is also agricultural, wheat being the leading crop.

MARYLAND, a post town and money-order office on the Mary creek, 565 miles N. of Sydney. It is on the border. The district is of a mining and pastoral nature.

MATHOURA, a post town in the county of Cadell, Murray electorate, and Moama police district, 512 miles S. of Sydney, on the banks of the Culpa creek.

MENANGLE, a railway station and township in the county of Camden, and electoral and police district of the same name, situated on the Cowpasture or Nepean river, about 40 miles S. of Sydney. The land is partly taken up with farms, and in part used for grazing purposes. The river is not navigable, in fact in the summer season it can be easily forded, but the scenery on the banks is very fine, and well worth a visit.

MENINDIE, but quite recently almost unknown, is now a rising township. It lies on the west side of the Darling river, 850 miles WNW. of Sydney, and is in the electorate of Balranald, and police district of Mitchell.

MERIMBULA, a postal, money-order, Government savings’ bank, and telegraph office in the county of Auckland, and electoral district of Eden, 200 miles S. of Sydney, situated on Merimbula lake. The township is mainly formed and owned by Munn’s Maizena Company, which gives employment to the inhabitants, and the I. S. N. Company have two wharves and stores in connection with their carrying trade, which is very large.

MERRIWA, a post, money-order, and telegraph town on Smith’s rivulet, or the Gummuin creek, 198 miles N. of Sydney. It is in the county of Brisbane, electoral district of the Upper Hunter, and police district of Cassilis. Muswellbrook is about 60 miles distant.

MICHELAGO, a postal village and money order office on the banks of the creek of the same name, the Murrumbidgee river bearing about 1 mile to the westward, about 216 miles S. of Sydney. It is in the county of Murray, and electorate and police district of Queanbeyan.

MILLFIELD, a post town, in the county of Northumberland, and electorate of Wollombi, situated on the Wollombi brook, about 110 miles N. of Sydney. Agricultural district.

MILTON, a neat and flourishing little town ship, and post, Government savings’ bank, and money-order office, in the county of St. Vincent, electoral district of Shoalhaven, and police district of Dowling, about 4 miles from Ulladulla, and 155 miles S. of Sydney. The district is principally used for dairying purposes. A factory is now in operation for making condensed milk.

MINMI, a village on a creek of the same name, 16 miles from Newcastle, 89 miles N. of Sydney, and 7 miles from Hexham. It is in the county of Northumberland, and electoral district of Newcastle. The district is a coal mining.

MOAMA, a post, money-order, and telegraph office, formerly known by the name of Maidens’ Punt, is situated on the north bank of the river Murray, opposite Echuca, in Victoria, being the border town of New South Wales at this point. It is in the county of Cadell, electoral district of the Murray and police district of Moama. It lies 516 miles SW. of Sydney. There are two meat preserving establishments in or near the town. The district is principally devoted to grazing purposes, but of late cultivation has been followed with success. There are valuable red gum flats along the banks of the Murray, which are now reserved from being cut for the future use of the colony.

MOLONG lies on a small creek of the same name, on the road from Bathurst to Wellington, 172 miles WNW. of Sydney. It is a money-order office and has a Government savings’ bank. The district abounds with copper ore and two mines.

MONTEFIORES, a rising little township on the western bank of the Macquarie, about one mile from Wellington, with which it is connected by a good bridge. Distance from Sydney, 198 miles W.

MOOROOWOOLEN, a postal, telegraph, and money-order village, 111 miles S. of Sydney. It is in the county and electoral district of Argyle. Sydney is supplied from here with lime and limestone, there being two quarries in constant work.

MOORWATHA, a post town in the county of Hume, electoral district of the Murray, on the banks of a small stream called Major’s creek, 478 miles SE. of Sydney. District is principally of an agricultural character.

MORPETH, a busy, thriving town, situated at the head of the navigation of the river Hunter, 3 miles from Maitland and 95 miles N. of Sydney. The trade of the town depends, in a large measure, upon the coal, mining, and agricultural interests.

MORUYA, a money-order, Government savings’ bank, and telegraph town close to the sea, on a river of the same name, 198 miles S. of Sydney. The district is an agricultural and mining one. The Moruya silver mines are within four miles of the town.

MOSS VALE, a post, telegraph, and money order town, 86 miles S. of Sydney. The land in the district consists mainly of rich black and chocolate-coloured soil, admirably suited for farming.  

MOULAMEIN, a postal and telegraph town ship in the county of Wakool, electoral district of the Murray, on the Edward’s river, at the junction of the Billabong creek, 536 miles S. of Sydney.

MOUNT VICTORIA — See One Tree Hill.

MUDGEE is on the Cudegong river, about 153 miles NW. of Sydney and about 80 miles from Bathurst. It is located in the centre of a very rich auriferous district. The digging’s are both alluvial and quartz, and the latter may be considered as practically inexhaustible. The wool from the Mudgee district has long had both a London and colonial reputation. The town has been a municipality since February 21, 1860.

MULGOA is 40 miles W. of Sydney. It is on the Cowpasture river, in the county of Cumberland, electorate of Nepean, and police district of Penrith.

MUNDOORAN, a post town on the creek of the same name, in the county of Gowen, electorate of Bogan, and police district of Mudgee, 250 miles W. of Sydney.

MUNGINDI is 400 miles NW. of Sydney. It is centrally situated on the borders of N.S. Wales and Queensland. It is built on the south-eastern or N. S. Wales side of the River Barwon, which forms the boundary of the two colonies, and is one of the most important crossing-places on the frontier, being on the main roads from Sydney and Maitland to the Moonie, Balonne, and Narren rivers, it has been for years the officially proclaimed crossing-place for stock.

MURRUMBURRAH, a post, telegraph, and money-order township on the Currawong creek, about twenty miles each way from the townships of Young, Binalong, and Jugiong, and 225 miles S. of Sydney.

MURRURUNDI is situated on the Page river, which runs through the town and divides it into two parts, 195 miles NW. of Sydney, at the foot of the Liverpool range of mountains, at an elevation of about 2,000 feet above the sea level. It is a telegraph, and Government savings’ bank, and money-order office.

MUSWELLBROOK, or Musclebrook, is situated on Muscle creek and the Hunter river, on the main northern road, 55 miles from Maitland, and 150 miles NW. of Sydney, and is a station on the Northern Railway. The district is agricultural and pastoral, principally the former. The municipal district was proclaimed April 13, 1870.

MYALL RIVER is a post town in the county of Gloucester, electorate of Williams, and police district of East Maitland, 148 miles N. of Sydney. The district supports five saw mills.

NARELLAN, a village 38 miles S. of Sydney, between Campbelltown and Camden. It is in the county of Cumberland, and electorate district of Narellan.

NARRANDERA, a post town and money order office on the Murrumbidgee river, in the county of Cooper, and police and electoral district of Wagga-Wagga, 420 miles SW. of Sydney. Agricultural and pastoral district.

NARRABRI, in the Gwydir district, a post, telegraph, money-order, and Government savings’ bank town, on the Narrabri creek, a branch of the Naomi river, 321 miles N. of Sydney.

NATTAI, a post, money-order, and telegraph town on the Nattai creek, about 2,500 feet above sea level, in the country and electoral district of Camden. Sydney is 74 miles N. and is in almost direct railway connection. One of the longest tunnels in the colony is within a mile of the town. There are large deposits of iron ore in the district.

NELLIGEN, a seaport town, money-order office and Government savings’ bank in the county of St. Vincent, electoral district of Eden, on the Clyde river, 183 miles S. of Sydney. It is the outlet of most of the trade between Braidwood and the metropolis. Bateman’s Bay is 10 miles distant, and Moruya 30 miles S.

NERRIGUNDAH, a postal and money-order village on the Gulf creek, 30 miles S. of Moruya, and 226 miles S. of Sydney. It is in the county of Dampier, and electoral district of Eden. Gold mining is extensively carried on in the district, the workings being both alluvial and quartz.

NEWCASTLE is the principal shipping port on the northern coast, the amount of its tonnage being very little below that of Sydney, from which it is distant about 75 miles N. It is situated at the mouth of the River Hunter, on the south bank, and has many advantages for the shipment of coal, of which it is the emporium. The entrance to the harbour, however is dangerous in stormy weather, and several disastrous wrecks have occurred. The depth of water at the shores is about 18 feet, and of course much more in mid-harbour. Nearly all the produce , of the Hunter River district finds its way to Newcastle for shipment but the article of shipment par excellence is coal, of which enormous quantities are exported. Newcastle was erected into a municipality on June 7, 1859.

NEW ENGLAND lies in the NE. part and 13 traversed by the great Dividing Range. It forms an immense table land at an elevation of about 3,000 feet above sea level.

NEWTOWN, a suburban municipality of Sydney, adjoining the city on the SW.

NIMITYBELLE, a post, telegraph and money-order town, in the county of Wallace and electoral district of Cooma, 25 miles from Cooma and 282 miles SSW. of Sydney.

NORTHFIELD. See Kurrajong Heights

NORTH RICHMOND, a post town, 3 miles from Richmond, and 41 miles W. of Sydney.

NOWRA, a postal and money-order township on the Shoalhaven river, 117 miles S. of Sydney.

NUMERALLA, a post town in the county of Beresford, electorate of Manaro, and police district of Cooma, 316 miles S. of Sydney, situated on the Numeralla river and Big Badger creek. Pastoral mining and farming locality.

NUNDLE (Hanging Rock), a township and money-order office in the county of Parry, and the Northern Gold Fields electoral district, on the Nundle creek and Peel river, 37 miles SE. of Tam worth, and 261 miles NW. of Sydney. The Manning and Burnard rivers take their rise about two miles from the Hanging Rock.

OAKS, a postal township in the county, electorate and police district of Camden, 50 miles SW. of Sydney. Located on the Werriberri creek. The surrounding country is table-land chiefly pastoral. It has long been celebrated for the quality and quantity of its timber.

OBERON, a postal and money-order village, 120 miles W. from Sydney, about 32 miles equidistant from Bathurst and Hartley. It is in the county of Westmoreland, electoral district of East Macquarie, and police district of Bathurst, and is situated on the Fish River creek.

OBLEY, a post town and money-order office in the county of Gordon, electoral district of the Bogan, and Molong police district, 208 miles W. of Sydney. It is situated on the Mary or Little river. The celebrated Goodrich copper mine is within 5 miles of the town ship south.

ONE-TREE HILL, now known as Mount Victoria, a post and telegraph office and railway station, 77 miles NW. of Sydney, in the electorate of Hartley, and police district of Bathurst. District is very mountainous and is of a mining and grazing character.

OPHIR is contiguous to the Summerhill creek, 154 miles to the W. of Sydney. It is in the county of Wellington and police and electoral district of Orange and is famous as being the first goldfield in New South Wales.

ORANGE is situated on Blackman’s Swamp creek, 154 miles W. of Sydney, at an elevation of 3,000 feet above the sea-level, on the road from Bathurst to Wellington, the majority of inhabitants are more or less interested in mining pursuits. It is in the counties of Wellington and Bathurst, and the electoral and police district of Orange. The district has almost inexhaustible mineral wealth, gold and copper being the leading metals.

OURNIE is a newly-found quartz-mining district, having rich reefs, and lying 20 miles S. of Tumberumba, and 335 miles S. of Sydney.

PADDINGTON, a suburban municipality, proclaimed April 17,1860. It is in the electoral district of the same name, and police district of Sydney, 2 miles eastward of Sydney to winch it is linked by the Old South Head road.

PAMBULA, a postal and money-order town ship m the county of Auckland, and electoral district of Eden, on the river of the same name, about 275 miles S. of Sydney, 4 miles from Merimbula, and about 12 miles from Twofold Bay.

PARKES, a new mining township, money-order office, Government savings’ bank and telegraph station on the Goobang creek, 283 miles W. of Sydney. It is the principal town of the Billabong goldfield.

PARRAMATTA is, next to Sydney, the oldest town in the colony. It is situated on what is called the Parramatta river which in reality is an elongation of Port Jackson and is in the county of Cumberland and electorate and police district of Parramatta. It is distant from Sydney 14 miles W. It was known as Rosehill, which was afterwards changed to its old aboriginal name. It was established as early as November, 1788 the year in which Captain Phillip landed. Much of the early history of the colony is bound up with Parramatta. It has been under municipal government since November 27, 1861.

PATERSON, a post, telegraph, Government savings bank and money-order township on the right bank of the river of the same name, at the head of navigation, in the county of Durham, and electoral and police district of Paterson, 105 miles N by E of Sydney between the Williams and Hunter valleys. The district is partly an agricultural one, broken up into numerous small farms and, in addition to cereal and root crops, large quantities of fruit of all kinds, particularly oranges and grapes and also tobacco. Owing to its low site and lofty hills it is at times liable to destructive floods.

PEEL, a post town on Clear creek, in the county of Roxburgh, electorate of East Macquarie, and police district of Bathurst, 128 miles W. of Sydney.

PENRITH, a municipal township proclaimed May 12, 1871 on the east bank of the Nepean river 34 miles W. of Sydney, in the county of Cumberland and electoral district of the Nepean. It is a post, Government savings’ bank and money order office and a railway and telegraph station. The tubular bridge, which carries the railway over the river at this point, is one of the finest pieces of work in the colony. The viaduct over Knapsack Gully is the largest specimen of railway architecture in New South Wales.

PICTON is a postal, money-order and telegraph station in the county and electorate district of Camden. It lies in a valley 550 feet above sea level on the Stone-quarry creek, 52 miles SW. of Sydney, on the main southern road. The district is an agricultural one principally for wheat and maize, much of the agricultural land on the banks of the creek being, although very rich, subject to severe floods.

PITT TOWN, a small village about 38 miles distant from Sydney, W., in the county of Cumberland, near the Hawkesbury river. Windsor is about 3 miles off. Agricultural and pastoral district.

PORT MACQUARIE is picturesquely situated on the sea coast, on a promontory at the entrance of the river Hastings, 240 miles N. of Sydney. It is in the county of Macquarie, and Hastings electoral district, and has a money-order, telegraph, and Government savings’ bank office. The surrounding district is an agricultural one, the principal crops being maize, wheat, barley, oats, and potatoes. The vine is, next to maize, the principal object of culture and the quantity of wine made is yearly increasing. Tobacco also is largely grown. The cultivation of sugar, after persevering efforts, has almost been abandoned, the seasons being too uncertain and the frost too destructive.

PROSPECT is on the main Western road in the county of Cumberland, same electorate, and police district of Parramatta, 22 miles W. of Sydney. District is farming principally.

QUAMBONE, a post town on the Merri Merri creek, in the police district of Coonamble, 350 miles W. of Sydney.

QUEANBEYAN is a money-order and Government savings’ bank and telegraph township on the river of the same name, 190 miles SW. of Sydney. It is in the county of Murray, and electoral and police district of Queanbeyan. The district is both pastoral and agricultural. The police district includes several thriving villages, at three of which, Bugendore, Gundaroo, and Micalago, courts of petty session are held.

QUIRINDI a post town on the creek of the same name, in the county of Buckland, Liverpool Plains electorate, and Wallabadah police district, 217 miles N. of Sydney. Farming locality.

RAGLAN, a telegraph office and station on the Great Western Railway, in the county of Roxburgh, electoral district of East Macquarie, and police district of Bathurst, 140 miles WNW. of Sydney. The country is mainly extensive plains used for grazing purposes.

RAMORNIE, a flourishing little township on the banks of the Urara, about 35 miles above Grafton, much less in a direct line. The township owes its existence, and its now almost world-wide fame, to the meat-preserving operations.

RANDWICK, a suburban municipality in the electoral district of Canterbury, on the south side of the city, and distant from it about 2 miles. A large asylum and hospital for destitute children is here but it is more noted for its racecourse. Randwick joins Waverley on one side, Botany on another, Sydney on the north, and the ocean is the eastern boundary. It was proclaimed on June 2,1875.

RAYMOND TERRACE lies on the east bank of the Hunter river, near its junction with the William’s river. It is in the county of Gloucester, electoral district of Lower Hunter, and police district of Raymond Terrace, and is a post, money order, and Government savings’ bank, and telegraph office. The district is principally agricultural, the grape is also extensively cultivated, some of the earliest vineyards in the colony, sugar is also grown.

REDFERN, a suburb of Sydney, on the SSW. side. It was proclaimed a municipality on August 11, 1859, and has an area of half a square mile.

RICHMOND is situated in the county of Cumberland, and electoral and police district of Windsor, within a short distance of the Hawkesbury river, 4 miles from Windsor, and 38 miles N.W. from Sydney. It is a post, savings’ bank, and money order office and telegraph station, and has been a municipality since June 18, 1872. The district is an agricultural one, and similar in many respects to the Hunter river country, the river flats being of the most fertile character, but liable to disastrous floods.

ROBERTSON, a newly-formed post town in the county of Camden, and police and electoral district of Berrima, about 110 miles S. of Sydney. The land is principally taken un for dairy farming.

ROCKLEY, a small township on Pepper’s creek near its junction with Campbell’s river 22 miles S of Bathurst, and 146 miles W. of Sydney. It is situated in a cluster of low hills in the county of Georgiana, electoral district of West Macquarie, and police district of Bathurst, and is a post and money-order office.

ROCKY MOUTH, a small township and telegraph station on the river Clarence, about 16 miles from the Heads, and 473 miles N. of Sydney. It is in the county and electoral district of Clarence. The town takes its name from a ledge of rocks across the entrance to the South Arm. Coal and ironstone abound in the neighbourhood.

ROCKY RIVER, a post town in the county of Sandon Goldfields electorate, and police district of Armidale, 304 miles NNE of Sydney. This district was formerly a thriving goldfield but has of late years declined, much of the digging population having gone to Cope’s and Vegetable creek.

ROUSE HILL is a post town in the county of Cumberland, electorate of Central Cumberland, and Parramatta police district, 29 miles W. of Sydney, and an old settled locality. Much oaten hay is grown, and there are numerous orange orchards.

RYDAL a money-order office, telegraph, and Government savings’ bank 92 miles W of Sydney. It lies on the Solitary creek, in the electoral district of Hartley, and police district of Bathurst. The district is well adapted for farms and the growth of fruit.

RYDE, or Kissing Point, is a village and money-order and Government savings bank office on the north bank of the Parramatta river 8 miles NW of Sydney, and about the same distance from Parramatta. It is in the county of Cumberland, electoral district of St. Leonards, and Parramatta police district. It was proclaimed a municipality on June 11 1872. The Parramatta steamers call on their journeys up and down. The country is celebrated for its orange and other orchards.

RYLSTONE, a postal, telegraph, Government savings’ bank, money-order office, and township in the county of Roxburgh, on the left bank of the Cudgegong river, 32 miles from Mudgee and 138 miles W. of Sydney.

SCONE, a small post, money-order, Government savings’ bank, and telegraph village on the northern road, 75 miles from Maitland, and 167 miles N. of Sydney. The town is situated on the slope of a small hill, about 800 feet above the sea-level, almost surrounded by mountains.

SEVEN HILLS, a post town and railway station in the county of Cumberland, Central Cumberland electorate, and Parramatta police district 18 miles W. of Sydney. The formation is hilly with slate strata, the soil is rich and admirably adapted for oranges the orchards being numerous and very productive. There are forests of native timber here.

SHOALHAVEN is a large agricultural, dairy, and mining district, situated upon the river of that name, 110 miles from Sydney by steam to Greenwell Point, or 126 by road and rail vid Moss Vale. The sea frontage of the district is about 80 miles. The Shoalhaven electoral district embraces the Shoalhaven portion of the county of Camden and the N. portion of the county of St. Vincent. The Shoalhaven police district has separate extents or boundaries, though it also embraces a SE. portion oi the county of Camden and a N. portion of the county of St. Vincent. Within the district of Shoalhaven there are at present four municipal districts – Broughton creek and Bomaderry, Numba, Broughton Vale, and Nowra and fourteen towns or villages, comprising Boolong, Bomaderry, Broughton creek, Broughton Vale, Burrier, Cambewarra, Greenwell Point, Huskisson, Nowra, Numba, Terrara, Tomerong, Wandandian and Woragee, of which Terrara is the chief and central. In this township is situated the telegraph office, a branch of the Commercial Bank

SINGLETON, county of Northumberland, is a municipality on the Hunter river, 30 miles to the N. of Maitland and 123 miles NW. of Sydney. It is a place of considerable business importance and is the head post-town of the district. The country in the vicinity of Singleton is known as Patrick’s Plains. It is principally an alluvial flat, and therefore very fertile, but having the great draw back of being subject to inundation. Singleton was erected into a municipality on January 30, 1866.

SMITHFIELD a post town bounded by Prospect creek, 20 miles S. of Sydney. It is in the county of Cumberland, and police and electoral district of Liverpool. It is an agricultural and fruit-growing district.

SOFALA, a pretty little gold-fields township, on the Tuton river, 149 miles NW. of Sydney, and 30 miles from Bathurst. It is a money-order office and telegraph station. The district in which it is situated is altogether a mining one, the workings being both alluvial and quartz. A large number of Chinamen dwell in or around the town.

SOLFERINO, a post and money-order office, on Grass Tree creek, in the county of Drake, electorate of Richmond river, and police district of Casino, 60 miles from Grafton, and 522 miles NE of Sydney. The country has good mineral resources of copper, tin, and iron, with some pipeclay, and has, too, grazing and cultural capabilities.

SPRING GROVE, a post town on Bray’s creek, a branch or rather the head of Brown’s creek, a tributary to the Belubula river 174 miles NW. of Sydney. It is in the county of Bathurst and police and electoral district of Orange. Reputed to be one of the best wheat growing localities in the colony. It is found too cold and wet for sheep and cattle.

ST ALBANS, a post town in the county of Hunter, electoral district of Wollombi, and police district of Windsor, situated on the McDonald creek, 60 miles S. of Sydney. The district is an agricultural one, of sand stone formation, and is subject to floods.

STROUD is situated near the Karuah river 30 miles from Raymond Terrace, and 121 miles N. of Sydney. It has a money-order office, Government savings’ bank, and other social institutions. The district is an agricultural and pastoral one.

SUMMERHILL CREEK. (See Ophir)

SUTTON FOREST, a township and railway station, in the county and electoral district of Camden, police district of Berrima, on the Great Southern line, 89 miles SSW. of Sydney. It lies on the Medway creek.

SYDNEY, the capital of New South Wales, and the parent city of Australia, is situated on the southern shore of Port Jackson, one of the finest harbours in the world. It was founded on January 26th, 1788, by Captain A. Philip, six days after his arrival at Botany Bay with a fleet of convict and store ships. The locality chosen for the future city was a picturesque spot at the head of Sydney Cove. It lies about 4 miles from the ocean entrance, which is over a mile in width. The city is under municipal government, being divided into eight wards respectively Bourke, Brisbane, Cook, Denison Fitzroy, Gipps, Macquarie, and Philip. [For a more detailed description, please visit the source material which includes a condensed summary taken from the columns of the Sydney Morning Herald].

TABULAM, distant 40 miles from Casino, on the Clarence, at the crossing-place from Tenterfield, is a small postal and telegraph township. It is in the county of Drake, electoral district of Clarence, and police district of Richmond river. Mining and pastoral district.

TAMBAROORA. a mining township and telegraph and money-order office lies on the Tambaroora creek, 168 miles NW. of Sydney, 25 miles from Sofala. Bathurst is about 40 miles distant south. The district is very hilly, and is principally taken up for gold mining, the workings being both alluvial and quartz. The town itself is situated on a rugged tableland through which the watercourses have cut deep channels, the Turon running in a gorge of 1,500 feet. Hill End is about 3 miles distant.

TAMWORTH, 251 miles N. of Sydney, and 156 miles from Maitland, is a township on the Peel and Cockburn rivers, and Goonoo Goonoo creek which crosses it near the centre, and are spanned by fine strong bridges of wood. It is situated on low ground, surrounded by a range of undulating mountains, a fine pastoral, agricultural and mining district.

TARALGA, a small township in the county and electoral district of Argyle, on the creek of the same name, 30 miles NE. of Goulburn and 156 miles SW. of Sydney. It is a post and money-order office. The district is an agricultural one.

TARCUTTA, a money-order office, telegraph and postal township on the Tarcutta creek, 30 miles east of Wagga-Wagga, and 282 miles SW. of Sydney. It is in the county of Wynyard, electoral district of Murrumbidgee, and police district of Wagga-Wagga. The district is principally taken up for pastoral purposes.

TAREE, county of Macquarie, is a postal township in the electoral district of Hastings, and police district of the Manning river, and is a money-order, Government savings bank, and telegraph office. It is situated on the north bank of the Manning river, about 20 miles from the head or junction with the sea, and 4 miles from the junction of the Dawson with the Manning. The Brothers, three high mountains near the sea coast, bearing north-east, and Mount Talawak, bearing south-west. The district is agricultural and pastoral.

TEN MILE CREEK. (See Germanton)

TENTERFIELD is a border town in New England, on the main northern road, and on the creek of the same name, county of Clive, electoral and police district of Tenterfield, at the head of the river Dumaresq 314 miles to the N of Sydney. The town is located on a plain and is environed by lofty granite hills. It owes its rise and increasing importance to the large extent of pastoral agricultural, mineral (tin), and auriferous ground by which it is surrounded. The township was erected into a municipality Nov 22, 1871, and has a telegraph and money-order office.

TERARA, a postal, Government savings’ bank, and money-order office and telegraph station, 115 miles S of Sydney, in the county of St. Vincent and electorate of Shoalhaven.

TIMBARRA, a small goldfields township in the county of Clive, and electoral and police district of Tenterfield, situated at the head of McLeods creek, 539 miles N. of Sydney, about 77 miles from Grafton, and 18 miles from Tenterfield. About 200 miners are at work on the goldfield, which was first discovered in 1858, two-thirds of them are China men.

TINONEE, a post town on the south bank of the Manning River, 190 miles N. of Sydney.

TOMAGO, a post town on the Hunter river, 87 miles N. of Sydney, in the county of Gloucester, electorate of Lower Hunter, and police district of Raymond Terrace. It is in the flat part of the Hunter valley, and is therefore liable to floods, though the land is of a productive character.

TOOLOOM, a post town on the Tooloom river, a northern tributary of the river Clarence, 345 miles NNE. of Sydney. It is in the county of Buller, electorate of Clarence, and police district. Near the town gold mining is carried on, further away is grazing country.

TRUNKEY CREEK, a money-order and Government savings’ bank office and village on the Goulburn road, 159 miles W. of Sydney. It is in the county of Georgiana and electoral and police district of Carcoar.

TUENA, a post and money-order office, on the creek of the same name, 170 miles SW. of Sydney. It is in the county of Georgiana and police and district of Carcoar. It is a mining, agricultural, and pastoral district, with quartz and iron ore abounding.

TUMUT is a pretty little town located on the south bank of the river Tumut, 80 miles from Yass, and 264 miles SW. of Sydney. It is in the county of Buccleugh and Wynyard, and police district of Tumut and has a post, money-order, Government savings bank, and telegraph office.

TURON is the name given to numerous and extensive diggings on the Turon river and its tributaries in the county of Roxburgh. The Turon was first occupied in June 1857.

ULLADULLA, a small seaport and Government township, in the electoral district of Shoalhaven and police district of Dowling, about 50 miles S. of Shoalhaven and 150 miles S. of Sydney. The harbour, which is about one mile across from east to west, by half a mile from north to south, is a good one, well protected by high land, with a sufficient depth of water for large vessels, and pier affords ample facilities for the loading and discharge of vessels of large tonnage. There is a branch of the Commercial Bank, and a money-order, Government savings ’ bank, and telegraph office.

ULMARRA, a postal, telegraph, Government savings’ bank, and money-order town on the Clarence river, nine miles NE. of Grafton. The chief products of the district are maize and sugar cane, which are largely grown. The principal buildings in the place are—a church, two inns, the Commercial and Caledonian, two stores, and four sugar mills. It was proclaimed a municipal district November 16, 1871.

URALLA, a township in the county of Sandon, police district of Armidale, and electoral district of New England, on the main northern road situated on the Rocky river, 300 miles N. of Sydney’ and about 15 miles S. from Armidale. There are three stores, a money-order and telegraph office, a courthouse, lock-up, public school and Temperance hall.

URANA, a telegraph, post, and money-order office, on the Tirana creek, 76 miles from Wagga Wagga, and 393 miles S. of Sydney. The country is both pastoral and agricultural, and, in good seasons, crops are very productive.

VEGETABLE CREEK, a post town, money order and savings’ bank office, 401 miles N. of Sydney, in the county of Gough, electorate of Tenterfield, and police district of Glen Innes. Wellingrove is 14 miles distant. Tin was first discovered here early in 1872, and almost immediately after survey these mines gave employment to a large number of men, many of whom are still at work.

WAGGA-WAGGA, a township in the county of Wynyard, on the south bank of the Murrumbidgee, about midway between Sydney and Melbourne, on the main road between these two cities vid Tirana and Deniliquin. It is 315 miles distant SW. from the former place. It has been a municipality since March 15, 1870. Wagga-Wagga has a post, money-order and telegraph office, and a Government savings bank.

WAGONGA, a post town in the county of Dampier, electorate of Moruya, and police district of Nerrigundah, 228 miles S. of Sydney. The entrance to the river here — the Wagonga — is a good one, and the bay is of capacious size.

WALCHA, a postal and money-order village on the river Apsley, 40 miles S. of Armidale, and 300 miles N. of Sydney. Farming is the principal industry of the district. The Glen Morrison goldfields lie 10 miles S. of Walcha.

WALGETT is situated on the junction of the Barwon and Namoi rivers, 450 miles NNW. of Sydney. It is a money-order office and telegraph station, and is in the electoral district of Gwydir, and police district of Walgett. The district is entirely occupied by sheep and cattle stations. Occasionally the river is utilized as a means of traffic, but it is very uncertain, from its fluctuating depth.

WALLERAWANG, a post, money-order, and telegraph town, in the county of Cook, and electoral district of Hartley, 105 miles due W. of Sydney, situate on the banks of Walker’s river. Among the minerals found are coal in large quantities, iron ore, limestone, alum, and gold in small quantities.

WALLSEND, a coal mining municipality, telegraph and money-order office, and railway station in the county of Northumberland, and police district of Waratah, 8 miles from Newcastle, and 85 miles N. of Sydney. It was proclaimed February 27, 1874.

WAMMERAWA. a postal centre in the county of Wellington, electoral district of Bogan, ana police district of Darling, about 480 miles NW. of Sydney, on a branch of the Macquarie, from which the place takes its name.

WANDANDIAN is a small quiet hamlet situated on the creek of the same name. The tide flows about half a mile beyond the hamlet. The creek empties into the shallow lake called on the maps St. George’s Basin, connected with the sea by the narrow gut, or natural canal, known as the Berwerree. The mouth of the Berwerree is a noted place of resort for fish and frequented at certain seasons by Chinese and other fishermen.

WARATAH, a postal, money-order, and tele graph and savings’ bank municipality, about 4 miles from Newcastle, and 80 miles N. of Sydney. It is on the Hunter river, in the county and electoral district of Northumberland, and police district of Newcastle. Coal mining is the industry of the district. The municipality was proclaimed February 23, 1871.

WARDELL is a small township on both sides of the Richmond river, about 10 miles above Ballina. It is in the county of Rouse and Richmond, electoral district of Clarence, and police district of Casino and is distant about 540 miles N. of Sydney.

WARIALDA, a township, money-order office, and telegraph station on Reedy creek, 380 miles N. of Sydney, in the county of Burnett, electorate of Gwydir, and police district of Warialda. The district is mainly a pastoral one.

WARKWORTH, a post town on Cockfighter creek, 135 miles N. of Sydney. It is in the county of Northumberland, and electorate and police district of Patrick’s Plains. Agricultural and pastoral district.

WARNETON, a post town in the county of Dudley, electorate of Hastings, and police district of Kempsey, 280 miles from Sydney. Principally a farming and grazing locality.

WATERLOO, a suburban municipality on the road from the city to Botany, 2.5 miles from Sydney. It was proclaimed November 19th, 1861. A wool-washing establishment is here, and refining works on a very extensive scale for oil and shale are now in operation.

WATSON’S BAY, a favourite resort of Sydney people, is a small place on the shores of Port Jackson, a short distance from the South Head. It has a post, money-order office, and Government savings’ bank, 7 miles distant by road, and 4.5 miles by water S. of Sydney.

WEE WAA, a postal, telegraph, savings’ bank, and money-order township, on a lagoon of the same name near the Naomi river, about 25 miles from Narrabri, and 337 miles NW. of Sydney. It is situated in the county of White, electoral district of Gwydir, and police district of Wee Waa and Narrabri. The district is principally a pastoral one.

WELLINGROVE a money-order township on the Wellington creek, 13 miles from Glen Innes, and 385 miles N. of Sydney. It is in the county of Gough, electorate of Tenterfield, and police district of Glen Innes.

WELLINGTON is distant from Sydney 198 miles NW, and the township of Montefiores on the opposite side of the Macquarie. It is situated on the left bank of the Macquarie river, at its junction with the Bell river.

WENTWORTH, a telegraph and money-order office situated on the banks of the river Darling near its confluence with the Murray, 800 miles W of Sydney. It is in the county and police district of the same name and electorate of Balranald. The river traffic is large and yearly increasing, and the town ship is becoming a place of some importance among the interior towns of N. S. Wales. Its position renders it liable to be affected by flood water, but the rise of the flood is always gradual, and the residents have timely warning. The district is a pastoral one principally sheep stations

WICKHAM, a post town in the Hunter river and Thoresby creek, in the county of Northumberland, electorate and police district of Newcastle about 60 miles N. by E. 1/2 E. of Sydney. Principally a mining district. The municipal district of Wickham was proclaimed Feb. 25, 1871.

WILBERFORCE, a small village in the county of Cook, and the electoral district of the Hawkesbury, lying 38 miles W. of Sydney. It is about 4 miles distant from Windsor, across the Hawkesbury.

WILCANNIA, a growing township and money-order office, on the Darling river, 583 miles NW. by W. of Sydney. The district is entirely occupied for grazing purposes, but there are promising copper indications.

WILLIAM TOWN, a post town in the county of Gloucester, electorate of Lower Hunter, and police district of Raymond Terrace, 85 miles N. of Sydney. Farming and grazing district.

WYNDEYER, a township and money-order office on the Meroo creek, 193 miles W. of Sydney, and 25 miles from Mudgee. It is in the county of Wellington, and electoral district of Mudgee.

WINDSOR, a borough town on the Hawkesbury river, 35 miles NW. from Sydney. It was proclaimed March 4, 1871. It is situated in the county of Cumberland, and electoral and police district of Windsor, has a post, money-order, Government savings’ bank, and telegraph office. It is one of the oldest settled places in the colony, and but for the frequency of the floods in the district it would hold a much higher position than it now does. The town itself is built on a hill and is therefore not much affected by the floods that occasionally sweep over the district.

WINGEN, a railway station and postal town ship 182 miles N. of Sydney and 106 miles from Newcastle. It is in the county of Brisbane, electoral district of the Upper Hunter, and police district of Scone, and is situated on the Kingdon Ponds creek. A great natural curiosity exists within two miles of Wingen, a burning mountain, being the only one on the continent, so far as is known. It is believed to be harmless.

WINGHAM, a township in the county of Macquarie, electorate of Hastings, and police district of Manning river, on the banks of the Manning river. Sydney lies 195 miles S. District is principally of a farming character.

WISEMAN’S FERRY, a post, telegraph, and money-order office, on the Hawkesbury river, in the county of Cumberland, electorate of Hawkesbury and police district of Windsor, 64 miles W. of Sydney. It is principally a farming district. The ferry here connects the Great Northern road with the South and is the principal place of crossing for the large herds of cattle from the north that supply the Sydney market.

WOLLONGONG, a seaport town in the county of Camden, on the Macquarie rivulet, at the head of an inlet called Wollongong Harbour, on the east coast of N. S. Wales, 64 miles to the S. of Sydney. Next to Newcastle, it is perhaps the principal town on the coast, and the development of its several industries of coal, shale, and dairy produce are gradually increasing its importance. It was proclaimed a municipality Feb. 22, 1859.

WOLLOMBI, is a small postal, money-order, telegraph, and savings’-bank township on the Cockfighter creek, 110 miles to the N. of Sydney, and 36 miles from Maitland. It is in the county of Northumberland, and electoral district of Wollombi. The surrounding country is largely occupied with small farms. The district is at times subject to flood.

WOMBAT, a postal and money-order village in the county of Harden, 235 miles WSW. of Sydney, and about 55 miles from Yass. It is situated on the creek of the same name. Sheep-grazing district, considerable quantities of wheat are also grown.

WOODBURN, a village in the Richmond river district above Wardell, about 308 miles N. by E of Sydney. It is in the county of Rouse, Clarence electoral district, and police district of Richmond river. It is on the right bank of the river, has a post-office on the opposite side of the river. Agricultural and pastoral district.

WOODHOUSELEE, a post town in the county of Argyle, electorate and police district of Goulburn, 144 miles SW. of Sydney. The district is employed mainly for farming and grazing purposes. Woodhouselee is within 4 miles of the dividing range between the Bathurst and Goulburn districts.

WOODSIDE is a grazing and farming locality, 207 miles N. of Sydney, in the county of Macquarie’ electorate of Hastings, and police district of Manning river. See Tarre.

WOONOONA, a postal township in the county of Camden, 54 miles S. of Sydney, and 6 miles from Woollongong, whence the steamer can be taken for Sydney.  There are coal mines in the neighbourhood, but they have not been worked for some time past.

WYBONG, a post town on the creek of the same name, in the county of Brisbane, electorate of the Upper Hunter, and police district of Muswellbrook, 187 miles N. by W. of Sydney, and 17 miles from Muswellbrook.

YASS, a town on the main southern road, on the banks of the river Yass, 180 miles SW. of Sydney. Yass is in the county of King, and electoral district of Yass Plains. On March 12th, 1873, the town was incorporated.

YETMAN a post town on the banks of the river Mclntyre, 433 miles N. of Sydney. It is about 20 miles from the Grafton. District is pastoral.

YOUNG, a township on the north side of the Burrangong or Main creek, 250 miles SW. of Sydney. It is in Monteagle county, Young police district, and Lachlan electoral district. Gold was accidentally discovered in June, 1860, and the gold-fields in the immediate neighbourhood, known as the Burrangong Goldfields, principally alluvial, have from time to time attracted large numbers of miners. The land in the district is fast being taken up for farming purposes.

Source: The Australian handbook and almanac and shippers’ and importers’ directory. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2902005236

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