Draft:Tambaroora

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.

The area now known as Tambaroora lies within the traditional land of Wiradjuri people. 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.

Map of town.

Two cemeteries at Tambaroora, Tambaroora General Cemetery and a separate Catholic cemetery, remained in use after settlement shifted to nearby Hill End. The General Cemetery is the only significant remnant at the site of the former township.

Significant remnants of gold mining in the locality are the Quartz Roasing Pits, the Tambaroora Creek Dam, and the mined and heavily eroded landscape of Golden Gully. The locality also has a designated fossicking area.

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

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