Wisemans Creek, New South Wales

Wisemans Creek is a locality in the Oberon Shire of New South Wales, Australia. The area has also been known as Glenburn.[2] It had a population of 113 people as of the 2016 census.[1]

Wisemans Creek
New South Wales
Mountain View Homestead and General Store
Wisemans Creek is located in New South Wales
Wisemans Creek
Wisemans Creek
Coordinates33°37′00″S 149°43′00″E
Population113 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2795
Elevation763 m (2,503 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Oberon Shire
State electorate(s)Bathurst
Federal division(s)Calare
Localities around Wisemans Creek:
Brewongle O'Connell Locksley
Tannas Mount Wisemans Creek Hazelgrove
Charlton Essington Oberon

Wisemans Creek Post Office opened on 1 January 1886 and closed on 30 June 1976.[3] Wisemans Creek Provisional School operated from September 1868 to September 1870.[4] It also formerly had a cricket club, debating society and bushfire brigade.[5][6][7]

The area has historically been used for mining of copper and gold.[8][9] The Black Bullock mine was worked successfully by Windsor Resources during the 1980s and was subject to ongoing drilling from a joint venture in the 1990s; it was still being viewed as a prospect by Heron Resources in 2017.[10]

In June 1970, it was proposed to remove the Wisemans Creek name and refer to the area as Glenburn; however, this was reversed in August that year.[11][12]

Heritage listings

Wisemans Creek has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References
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  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wisemans Creek (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. "Extract". Geographical Names Board of NSW. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. "Wisemans Creek". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. "School history database search". NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  5. "WISEMAN'S CREEK". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 28 November 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "WISEMAN'S CREEK PARS". National Advocate. Vol. 4, no. 119. New South Wales, Australia. 14 February 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Wiseman's Creek News". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 21 October 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "GEOLOGICAL SURVEYOR'S REPORT". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LXXVII, no. 12, 466. New South Wales, Australia. 2 May 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "WISEMAN'S CREEK". The Daily Telegraph. No. 9172. New South Wales, Australia. 22 October 1908. p. 11. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Heron Resources Limited - Ardea Resources Limited Project Update". ENP Newswire. 9 January 2017.
  11. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 77. New South Wales, Australia. 19 June 1970. p. 2468. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 109. New South Wales, Australia. 28 August 1970. p. 3481. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "Mountain View Homestead and General Store". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01743. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
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