Boorowa is a farming town in the South West Slopes of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Boorowa had a population of 1,070 people. It is located in a valley 243 km west of Sydney and 863 m above sea-level. The Local Government Area surrounding the town, known as Boorowa Council, has a strong agricultural and mining base.
The town was serviced by the Boorowa railway line before it was closed.
Prior to European settlement the area is t...
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Boorowa is a farming town in the South West Slopes of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Boorowa had a population of 1,070 people. It is located in a valley 243 km west of Sydney and 863 m above sea-level. The Local Government Area surrounding the town, known as Boorowa Council, has a strong agricultural and mining base.
The town was serviced by the Boorowa railway line before it was closed.
Prior to European settlement the area is thought to have been occupied by the Wiradjuri or Gundungura Indigenous Australians. The first European to travel through what is now Boorowa Shire was surveyor George Evans, in 1815. Unofficial occupation of the district began in 1821 with Rodger Corcoran and fellow convict Ned Ryan. The first land grant in the general area was issued to Thomas Icely in 1829. A mill was operating on the future town site of Boorowa by 1837, along with an inn and several houses.
Governor Gipps proposed the creation of a village named 'Burrowa' in 1842, to be...
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