Crooked Corner, New South Wales

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Crooked Corner
New South Wales
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Crooked Corner
Coordinates 34°14′S149°18′E / 34.233°S 149.300°E / -34.233; 149.300 Coordinates: 34°14′S149°18′E / 34.233°S 149.300°E / -34.233; 149.300
Population61 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2583
Elevation808 m (2,651 ft)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s) Upper Lachlan Shire
Region Southern Tablelands
County Georgiana
Parish Gillindich
State electorate(s) Goulburn
Federal division(s) Hume
Localities around Crooked Corner:
Bigga Tuena Peelwood
Taylors Flat Crooked Corner Limerick
Narrawa Binda Binda

Crooked Corner is a locality on the road from Bigga, New South Wales to Binda, New South Wales, which was once a town. [2] At the 2016 census, it had a population of 61. [1]

Alluvial gold was found there, in 1861, [3] and reef gold, in 1871. [4] In the late 1880s another reef was found to the east of the old alluvial workings, and the Palmer Gold and Silver Mining Company set up a battery there in 1888. [5]

The Five Mile Tree public school operated there from 1892 to 2009. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Crooked Corner". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 August 2017. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Crooked Corner". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 31 July 2017. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "GOLD FIELDS". Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932). 22 May 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  4. "THE GOLD-FIELDS". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 11 January 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  5. "Quartz Reefing". Crookwell Gazette (NSW : 1885 - 1954). 8 June 1888. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  6. "Five Mile Tree". nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.