Boree Creek

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Boree Creek
New South Wales
File:BoreeCreekGeneralStore.jpg
Boree Creek General Store
Boree Creek is located in New South Wales
Boree Creek
Boree Creek
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Population 212 (2011 census)[1]
Established 1910[2]
Postcode(s) 2652
Location
LGA(s) Urana Shire
County Urana
State electorate(s) Murray
Federal Division(s) Riverina

Boree Creek /bɒˈriː.kriːk/[4] is a town in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located 539 kilometres (335 mi) south west of the state capital, Sydney and 82 kilometres (51 mi) west of the regional centre, Wagga Wagga. Boree Creek is situated in the Urana Shire local government area but is closer to the town of Lockhart. At the 2011 census, Boree Creek and the surrounding area had a population of 212.[1]

Boree Creek Post Office opened on 1 August 1884 (it was closed between 1906 and 1911).[5]

Like many of the smaller towns of the Riverina, it has seen its population decline in recent years. Boree Creek is most famous for being the home town of former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer. At times when Fischer was acting as Prime Minister, his property at Boree Creek became the "seat of power" of Australia.[6]

Boree Creek is the last operating section of the mostly closed railway to Oaklands. Seasonal grain trains service the silos, the station closed to passenger services in 1975 and little trace remains.[7]

Gallery

  • BoreeCreekPublicSchool2.JPG

    Boree Creek Public School

  • BoreeCreekSoldiersMemorialHall.JPG

    Soldiers' Memorial Hall

  • BoreeCreekSportsGates.JPG

    Gates of the Recreation Oval

See also

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Travelmate
  4. ↑ Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. ISBN 1-876429-14-3
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Willacy, Mark PM Program Australian Broadcasting Corporation 20 February 2001 – Retrieved 5 November 2006.
  7. ↑ Boree Creek station. NSWrail.net, accessed 6 January 2010.
Preceding station   NSW Branch lines   Following station
towards Oaklands
 Oaklands Line
towards The Rock
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