Danglemah, New South Wales
Danglemah is a bounded rural locality in the New England (New South Wales) region of Australia.
Locality
Danglemah is on Jamiesons Creek, a tributary of the Peel River nestled between nestled amongst mountains such as Flaggy Mountain (984m) and Cooee Mountain(1019m)in the Moonbi Ranges, of the Great Dividing Range, and is half way between the towns of Tamworth and Walcha.
Located at 30°59′54″S 151°10′04″E Danglemah is about 320km north of Sydney, and the village of Bendemeer, New South Wales which is 14km to the west. Danglemah is a Civil Parish in the County of Inglis.[1]
The elevation is about 655m above sea level.[2]
History
The original inhabitants of the land were Aborigines of the Kamilaroi clan.
William Dangar and Edward Costwyck Cory explored the area around Danglemah in 1830. In 1832 Edward Gostwyck Cory cut a track over the Moonbi range that the existing highway has generally followed. Then by 1834 the first squatters began farming the area..[3]
Danglemah is the site of a closed railway platform on the Main North railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The platform was open between 1897 and 1985, initially as Jamieson's Siding, being renamed in 1918.[4]
Notable Residents
References
- ^ http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32530067?selectedversion=NBD42138475 1934, English, Map, Single map edition: Parish of Danglemah, County of Inglis [cartographic material] : Land District of Tamworth, Cockburn Shire, Eastern Division N.S.W. / compiled, drawn & printed at the Department of Lands, Sydney, N.S.W. ] New South Wales. Dept. of Lands1934.
- ^ Map of Danglemah, NSW at Bonzle.com.
- ^ "Travel:Bendemeer". Sydney Morning Herald. 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
- ^ Danglemah Station NSWrail.net, accessed 16 January 2010.
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