New South Wales Archive

• 11 June 2011

  Tibooburra

  I set off for Tibooburra some 332 KM north from Broken Hill after sunrise to hopefully avoid any road crossing...

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• 618 July 2010

  Great Great Great Great Great Uncle James and the Brumby Horse

  Whilst the weather is not supportive of my travels around Australia at the moment, some desk research into my family...

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• 126 March 2010

  Ballarat, VIC

  I first encountered close ties with the Australian Gold rush when I was in the historic New South Wales town...

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• 024 March 2010

  Yarra Yarra (MK II), NSW

  I visited “Yarra” just south of Goulburn earlier this year. However, I have since discovered a location that is officially...

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• 224 March 2010

  Billabong, NSW

  There are many place names that include the term ‘Billabong’, 59 in New South Wales, 13 in Queensland, 7 in...

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• 15 March 2010

  Dorrigo, NSW

  Dorrigo is a little gem of a town. Not that it has any opal or diamond mining that I am...

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• 04 March 2010

  Fingal, NSW

  If you do a Google Map search for Fingal, you will actually come across a place called Fingal in Tasmania....

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• 02 March 2010

  Woodenbong, NSW

  I headed from Dalveen back into New South Wales across an insignificant border crossing with just a basic signpost giving...

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• 02 March 2010

  Dalveen, QLD

  The rain continued as I turned off the main road that appears to have bypassed the small village of Dalveen...

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• 12 March 2010

  Wallangarra, QLD

  I arrived in Wallangarra on a rather wet afternoon and thought it rather strange to see a tree taking shelter...

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