| Brooms Head New South Wales | |||||||||
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  Brooms Head | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°36′30″S153°20′09″E / 29.6083°S 153.3358°E | ||||||||
| Population | 271 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||
| Established | 1870 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2463 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Clarence Valley Council | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Clarence | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Page | ||||||||
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Brooms Head is a coastal village, located 20km from Maclean in northern New South Wales. At the 2021 census, Brooms Head had a population of 271 people. [2]
The area that is now Brooms Head was originally inhabited by the Yaegl people. Archaeological evidence suggests that the area between Brooms Head and Sandon was a common meeting and hunting point for the Yaegl.
The name Brooms Head was first used in 1870 when a broom thought to have come from the wreck of the schooner 'Eureka', was washed up on the beach, replacing the earlier name of Cakora Point. [3] Early sources often used the spelling "Broome's Head" until the mid-20th century.
Residents from Maclean and farmers from around the Lower Clarence began to camp around Brooms Head from the 1880s. [4]
Primary industries in the surrounding area in the early years of settlement were timber cutting, sand mining and cattle farming, before the Yuraygir National Park was gazetted in 1970.
The 12 Norfolk Island pines that sit along the edge of town were planted in 1916. [5] The Bowling Club likely opened not long after.
In 2017, the club adopted the iconic local brumby as its mascot.
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