AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List
Towns and Localities
of Western NSW
This page contains short details of towns (and localities where no town exists) in Wetsern NSW.
Subscribers are requested to forward any snippets of knowlege that they may have about any town/locality (no matter how small), by e-mail to kapana@netspace.net.au
Hopefully over time, this will build up to a valuable resource for 'newbie' subscribers.
Example
The type of details desired are:
Name:
Approximate Location:
Short history: A couple of paragraphs would be ideal
Newspapers: List of relevant newspapers and their publication period
Schools: Opening/closing dates, records
Churches: Opening/closing dates, records
Cemetery : Gazetted opening? Still open/closed? Records held by? Monumental
inscriptions?
Records: Rate books, shire records, etc. located where?
War memorials: Location and specific conflict (e.g. WWI/WWII) of war memorials
and honour boards.
Organisations: e.g. Masonic Lodges
Books: Books about the town.
Links: Other sites with details of town.
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Name: Balranald
Details of Yanga Station, a major property near Balranald, can be found in the Library
Name: Menindee
Details of Maidens Hotel, Menindee, by Mary Wilson, can be found here.
Name: Tartna Point
Approximate Location: North of Menindie, on the Tolarno run, in the
property now called Harcourt.
Short history: Included the Cliffs Hotel, delicenced in the 1890s. Ted and Ettie
Baker ran the Tartna Point Post Office and Telephone Exchange from there for a number of
years.
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Last updated on 28 February 2003