Grahamstown, New South Wales
Town in New South Wales, Australia
35°16′S 148°02′E / 35.267°S 148.033°E / -35.267; 148.033Grahamstown is a village community in the central east part of the Riverina and situated about 12 kilometres north of Adelong and 13 kilometres south of Tumblong. At the 2016 census, Grahamstown had a population of 61 people.[1]
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Grahamstown consists of a small number of private residences on the Adelong to Tumblong road and the somewhat dilapidated Billy Goat Hall.
The area now known as Grahamstown lies on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri people.[2]
Gold was mined in the area at Gibraltar Hill and alluvial deposits were mined there by dredge.[3]
Grahamstown Post Office opened on 16 December 1881 and closed in 1981.[4]
See also
- Gibralter Hill
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Grahamstown (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "Tindale Tribes - Wiradjuri". archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "GRAHAMSTOWN". Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post (NSW : 1900 - 1925). 19 August 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Grahamstown, N.S.W." Phoenix post office list.
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