Sallys Flat, New South Wales

Sallys Flat New South Wales
Sallys Flat Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery
Sallys Flat
Coordinates	33°00′00″S149°34′01″E / 33.00°S 149.567°E / -33.00; 149.567
Population	13 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established	1872
Postcode(s)	2850 [2]
LGA(s)	Bathurst Region
State electorate(s)	Bathurst
Federal division(s)	Calare [3]
Localities around Sallys Flat: Pyramul Hill End Sallys Flat Sofala Bruinbun Crudine

Sallys Flat is a locality in the Australian state of New South Wales.

The area now known as Sallys Flat is on the traditional land of the Wiradjuri people. ^[4]

Sallys Flat was a small gold-mining village established in 1872 at the same time as nearby Hill End boomed during the New South Wales gold rush. It produced gold for many years but was not a large producer. It is now a farming area.

In late 2015, Sallys Flat was one of six locations on an Australian Government shortlist for a nuclear waste repository. ^[5] However the Government soon found the idea unpopular with locals ^[3] and removed Sallys Flat from the list. ^[6]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Sallys Flat (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Sallys Flat". Australia Post . Retrieved 24 December 2016.
3. Woodburn, Joanna (13 November 2015). "Sallys Flat should be removed from nuclear waste shortlist, residents say". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 24 December 2016.
4. "Tindale Tribes - Wiradjuri". archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
5. Doran, Matthew; Henderson, Anna (14 November 2015). "Six sites shortlisted for Australia's first nuclear waste dump; Government faces battle to convince locals worried over safety". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 24 December 2016.
6. Dole, Nick (30 January 2016). "Hill End nuclear waste dump ruled out due to community opposition". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 24 December 2016.

External links

Media related to Sallys Flat at Wikimedia Commons