Wisemans Creek, New South Wales

Wisemans Creek
New South Wales
Mountain View Homestead and General Store
Wisemans Creek is located in New South Wales
Wisemans Creek
Wisemans Creek
Coordinates33°37′00″S 149°43′00″E / 33.61667°S 149.71667°E / -33.61667; 149.71667
Population113 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2795
Elevation763 m (2,503 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Oberon Shire
State electorate(s)Bathurst
Federal division(s)Calare
Localities around Wisemans Creek:
Brewongle O'Connell Locksley
Tannas Mount Wisemans Creek Hazelgrove
Charlton Essington Oberon

Wisemans Creek is a locality in the Oberon Shire of New South Wales, Australia. The area has also been known as Glenburn.[2] It had a population of 113 people as of the 2016 census.[1]

Wisemans Creek Post Office opened on 1 January 1886 and closed on 30 June 1976.[3] Wisemans Creek Provisional School operated from September 1868 to September 1870.[4] It also formerly had a cricket club, debating society and bushfire brigade.[5][6][7]

The area has historically been used for mining of copper and gold.[8][9] The Black Bullock mine was worked successfully by Windsor Resources during the 1980s and was subject to ongoing drilling from a joint venture in the 1990s; it was still being viewed as a prospect by Heron Resources in 2017.[10]

In June 1970, it was proposed to remove the Wisemans Creek name and refer to the area as Glenburn; however, this was reversed in August that year.[11][12]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wisemans Creek (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 June 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Extract". Geographical Names Board of NSW. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Wisemans Creek". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. ^ "School history database search". NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  5. ^ "WISEMAN'S CREEK". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 28 November 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "WISEMAN'S CREEK PARS". National Advocate. Vol. 4, no. 119. New South Wales, Australia. 14 February 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Wiseman's Creek News". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 21 October 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "GEOLOGICAL SURVEYOR'S REPORT". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LXXVII, no. 12, 466. New South Wales, Australia. 2 May 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "WISEMAN'S CREEK". The Daily Telegraph. No. 9172. New South Wales, Australia. 22 October 1908. p. 11. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Heron Resources Limited - Ardea Resources Limited Project Update". ENP Newswire. 9 January 2017.
  11. ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 77. New South Wales, Australia. 19 June 1970. p. 2468. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 109. New South Wales, Australia. 28 August 1970. p. 3481. Retrieved 7 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.