Bostobrick, New South Wales

Francis Gilbert Memorial Park, located in the centre of the village.

Bostobrick is a village[1] located on Tyringham Road in northern New South Wales, Australia. Bostobrick was settled from the west in 1857,[2] when cedar getters came to harvest the timber in what was then known as 'Bostobrick Scrub'.[3]

Approximately 14 kilometres north of Dorrigo, Bostobrick is located on the Dorrigo Plateau within the Bellingen Shire. It receives an annual rainfall of 1451 mm per year and is at an elevation of 701 m above sea level.[4]

References

  1. "Bellingen Shire Social Plan 2010-2015." 29 October 2009.
  2. "History of the Dorrigo Area." Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21, January 2012.
  3. "Early Dorrigo Memoirs of Mr W.J. Sinclair.". Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  4. "Bostobrick on bonzle.com.". Retrieved 21, January 2012.

Coordinates: 30°16′26″S 152°37′43″E / 30.2740°S 152.6285°E / -30.2740; 152.6285


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