Bowenfels, New South Wales

Bowenfels
New South Wales
Bowenfels railway station
Bowenfels is located in New South Wales
Bowenfels
Bowenfels
Coordinates33°31′S 150°07′E / 33.517°S 150.117°E / -33.517; 150.117
Population2,048 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2790
Elevation910 m (2,986 ft)
Location
LGA(s)City of Lithgow
State electorate(s)Bathurst
Federal division(s)Calare
Localities around Bowenfels:
Marrangaroo Marrangaroo Lithgow
Bowenfels Lithgow
South Bowenfels South Bowenfels Lithgow

Bowenfels is a small town on the western outskirts of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia.

Today there are effectively two Bowenfels. Near Lithgow, on the Great Western Highway, is Bowenfels (with the homestead of the valley's first settler, Andrew Brown). About a kilometre south is South Bowenfels. Although both are now essentially suburbs of Lithgow, Bowenfels was, in fact, the first settlement in the valley, pre-dating the existence of Lithgow by nearly 40 years.[2]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bowenfels (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 July 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference smh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).