Draft:Tambaroora

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Tambaroora is a locality in the Bathurst Regional Council local government area of the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. There was once a gold mining town of the same name, now a ghost town. It lies to the immediate north of Hill End, the growth of which was largely responsible for the decline of Tambaroora. Parts of the locality forms part of the Hill End Historic Site.

The area now known as Tambaroora lies within the traditional land of Wiradjuri people.[1] The name Tambaroora is said to mean 'sweet grass' and, before it was drastically altered by mining and erosion, the area was said to have been a favoured by grazing kangaroos. (https://tambaroora.com/notes/tambaroura-history.php ) Tambaroora is also used as the name of the cadestral parish containing the former town site and neighbouring Hill End.[2]

Map of town.[3]

Two cemeteries at Tambaroora, Tambaroora General Cemetery and a separate Catholic cemetery, remained in use after settlement shifted to nearby Hill End.[4][5] The General Cemetery is the most significant remnant at the site of the former township. There was also a Chinese burial ground and a Temple on Red Hill. The last old-time Chinese resident of Tambaroora was Nu (or Mew) Chip who in later years grew vegetables for a living. He died in 1937. (https://www.heatgg.org.au/resources/databases/multiculturalism/chinese/ )

Significant remnants of gold mining in the locality are the Quartz Roasing Pits,[6][7] the Tambaroora Creek Dam, and Valantines Mine.[8][9] The mined and heavily eroded landscape of Golden Gully,[10] lies between Tambaroora and Hill End. The locality also has a designated fossicking area.[11]

https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL13760

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References

  1. ^ Studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (14 May 2024). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Parish of Tambaroora, County of Wellington [cartographic material] : Land District of Bathurst, Eastern Division N.S.W., Turon Shire". Trove. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Town of Tambaroora and adjoining lands [cartographic material] : Parish - Tambaroora, County - Wellington, Land District - Bathurst, Shire - Cudgegong". Trove. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Tambaroora General Cemetery". Australkian Cemeteries Index.
  5. ^ "Hill End Catholic Cemetery". Australian Cemeteries Index.
  6. ^ Gojak, Denis; Allen, Caitlain (2000). "The Fighting Ground Creek quartz roasting pits and the early importation of gold processing technology into Australia 1850-1860" (PDF). AUSTRALASIAN HISTORJCAL ARCHAEOLOGY (18): 29–38.
  7. ^ "Cornish Quartz roasting pits". NSW National Parks. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  8. ^ Service, NSW Department of Customer (23 February 2023). "Valentines mine | NSW Government". www.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Hill End Mining". Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954) Mon. 19 August 1935. p. 4.
  10. ^ "Golden Gully and Archway | Heritage NSW". apps.environment.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  11. ^ Service, NSW Department of Customer (23 February 2023). "Tambaroora Fossicking Area | NSW Government". www.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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