Lower Bucca, New South Wales

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Lower Bucca is a tiny hamlet in Northern New South Wales, Australia. It is located North of Coffs Harbour on Bucca Road, off the Pacific Highway.

[edit] History

Lower Bucca was the site of significant gold prospecting in the 1800s and remenants of old gold mining shafts exist in the forests around the old school.

[edit] Decline

Lower Bucca Primary School closed in 1977 and was probably the last remaining landmark that defined the area. The school has since been converted to a community hall. An earlier community hall (located a few hundred metres east of the primary school) fell into disuse around the same time that the school closed and was later demolished.