Tag: New South Wales

Sydney Opera House, Australia

Sydney Opera House Design The iconic Sydney Opera House is one of the great buildings of the 20th century. The World Heritage-listed building is an image of great beauty – a masterpiece or architecture that is known throughout the world. For decades, ideas had floated around to build a dedicated performing arts centre in Sydney, […]

Cobar visited, New South Wales

a fascinating town filled with cultural, historic and natural attractions. On a trip here you can explore museums, colonial 19th century architecture, lush wetlands, some of Australia’s largest and most important Aboriginal rock paintings, and the region’s rich mining history.

John Eales: King of the Hunter

John Eales’ Life & Legacy By Marco Stojanovik When John Eales died at Duckenfield in 1871, he was reputed to have been one the wealthiest men in New South Wales. From the moment he set foot in the colony, arriving from England in 1823, he had been determined to make his mark. Originally taking up […]

Charles Sturt and the search for the inland sea

In 1844, the explorer Captain Charles Sturt set out with a large party into the central Australia to find what he believed would be the Australia inland sea. This latest course of exploration had begun at Narrandera, onto Balranald where the party crossed the Murrumbidgee river towards the Simpson desert.

The Mungo Man Debate

Since Mungo Man was returned to his county, he has been stored along with Mungo Lady in an interim secret location, with traditional owners divided about their final resting place.

The Bundian Way, New South Wales

Connecting the highest part of the Australian continent and the south-eastern coast is a 365km long ancient Aboriginal trail known as the Bundian Way. Situated in southern New South Wales, it runs from the snowy peaks of Targangal (now known as Mount Kosciuszko) to the turquoise waters of Bilgalera (Fisheries beach) in Twofold Bay, near the coastal town of Eden. In doing so, it traverses some of Australia’s wildest terrain through a remarkable variety of bush landscapes, across plains and mountain ranges.

Historic Buildings of Broken Hill & Silverton

Historic Buildings of Broken Hill and Silverton Broken Hill and Silverton are historic outback mining towns in the far west of New South Wales, home to several heritage buildings. Broken Hill developed quickly in the…

Tenterfield, New South Wales

Tenterfield Tenterfield is a historic town in the rolling New England region home to heritage-listed buildings, elegant wineries and superb wilderness, surrounded by rugged mountains and impressive national parks. Sometimes referred to as the ‘birthplace…

Bora Rings: Ancient Aboriginal Ceremonial Grounds

Bora Rings By Marco Stojanovik Bora Rings, or ceremonial grounds, were an ancient Aboriginal institution that held many functions, particularly for ceremonial purposes and as meeting places. They came in a variety of configurations depending on location and specific use, but most consisted of two circles, a large one and small one, made of stone […]

Walgett, New South Wales

Walgett is reputedly the Kamilaroi (Gamilaroi) word for “the meeting place of two rivers”. The history of conflicts between the Kamilaroi and white settlers is painful, and the worst episodes occurred in 1838 just as the first settlement appeared on the Barwon, followed in 1851 by the establishment of the colony’s outermost post office at a crossing point of the Namoi.

Glen Innes, NSW

Moree, Inverell, Glen Innes, Tenterfield, Armidale, Uralla, Walcha, Tamworth, Quirindi, Gunnedah and Narrabri, and you have the New England region, encompassing the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes. 

Balranald, New South Wales

The town of Balranald is located in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Murumbidgee River, near its junction with the Murray River.

Pooncarie, New South Wales

Pooncarie Pooncarie is a delightful village in south-western New South Wales, Australia, sloping on the eastern banks of the Darling River along the route from Wentworth to Menindee and Broken Hill. Known locally as ‘The Port’, during the 19th century it was a thriving port town frequented by paddle steamers transporting wool downstream along the […]

The Hawkesbury River

The Hawkesbury River Located just an hour’s drive northwest of Australia’s largest metropolitan city of Sydney, The Hawkesbury River region is a peaceful, and serene landscape with all the hallmarks of a flourishing rural agricultural region, replete with farmers markets, fruit and orchard picking and more. Dubbed in its early colonial days as the ‘Nile […]

Wentworth, New South Wales

A charming historic town situated on the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers in southwestern New South Wales. Once Australia’s busiest inland river port frequented by paddle steamers, many historic buildings remain today from its heyday including the Old Gaol, the Courthouse, the Convent and the Customs House.

Wilcannia, New South Wales

Wilcannia was once the third largest inland port in all of Australia. During the great river boat era of the mid-19th century, the port thrived as wheat and wool was transported along the Darling River by paddle-steamer.

Uralla, New South Wales

The town of Uralla lies almost exactly halfway between Sydney and Brisbane on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales. It has become a favoured destination for visitors due to its rich history, unique shops, galleries and museums, and nearby natural wonders.

Mungo Man and Mungo Lady, New South Wales

In the remote desert of Western New South Wales, scientists in the late 1960s and early 1970s made some of the most important archaeological discoveries ever found in Australia: the remains of a woman and of a man, known as Mungo Lady and Mungo Man, which are among the oldest remains of modern humans in the world, and the first evidence of ritual burial.

Griffith, Regional New South Wales

Griffith Griffith is a major regional city in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA)  located 568 km (353 mi) south-west of Sydney and 512 km (318 mi) from Melbourne in the north-western part of the Riverina region of New South Wales, known commonly as the Australian food bowl. Griffith’s development is rooted in the early 20th century […]

The Rocks, Sydney

Situated on the western shores of Sydney Cove, underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge and over-looking the Opera House, The Rocks is one of Australia’s most beautifully preserved 19th century colonial villages.

The Murray River, Australia

The Murray River The mighty Murray River, Australia’s longest river and main stream of the Murray Darling Basin, flows some 2,700 km across south-eastern Australia. Rising in the Australian Alps, it drains the western side of Australia’s highest mountains before meandering north westerly across Australia’s inland plains, forming the border between the states of New […]