Bective, New South Wales

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Bective is a locality in New South Wales, located on the Oxley Highway about 18 kilometres WNW of Tamworth.

The name originally appears at the name of a large pastoral property near the Peel River in the 1860s. [1] The name is derived from a town near Dublin, or an abbey located there, or from Lord Bective, a notable British cabinet minister of the era whose title name derives from that place.

  1. "Advertising". Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875). 9 December 1861. p. 6.

30°59′S150°44′E / 30.983°S 150.733°E / -30.983; 150.733


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