Booyong, New South Wales

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Booyong
New South Wales
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Booyong
Coordinates 28°44′54″S153°27′04″E / 28.74833°S 153.45111°E / -28.74833; 153.45111 Coordinates: 28°44′54″S153°27′04″E / 28.74833°S 153.45111°E / -28.74833; 153.45111
Postcode(s) 2480
LGA(s)
County Rous
Parish Teven
State electorate(s) Lismore
Federal Division(s) Richmond, with a small section in Page
Suburbs around Booyong:
Clunes Nashua
ElthamBooyong
Pearces Creek

"Booyong" is a locality in northern New South Wales, partially in Byron Shire and partially in the City of Lismore. [1] It is named after the Booyong, or ironwood tree. [1]

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For census purposes the locality is included in the village of Clunes.

It is the location of the Booyong Flora Reserve, now part of the Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve, [2] which is one of the few known locations of the endangered plant Isoglossa eranthemoides. [2] [3]

The village is located on the North Coast railway line. The track work, bridges and platform for the former Booyong railway station remains. There are no buildings left in the station precinct.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Booyong entry". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Isoglossa eranthemoides — Isoglossa". Species Profile and Threats Database. Australian Department of Environment. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. "PlantNET - NSW Flora Online". Plant Net. Retrieved 13 November 2019.