Mossgiel, New South Wales

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Mossgiel is a location in New South Wales, Australia, in Carrathool Shire. It was a township on the coach route between the Lachlan and Darling Rivers (now the Cobb Highway). The settlement experienced a steady decline during the 20th century. Nowadays Mossgiel township consists of one house (which was once the post office) and a community hall.[1]

Mossgiel was named after Mossgiel farm near Lochlea, in Ayrshire, Scotland, famous as the farm of the poet Robert Burns and his brother Gilbert.

[edit] References

  1. ^ ‘Ivanhoe profile’, PM Archive – 24 June 1999 (Reporter: David Spicer), ABC Radio (accessed 12 January 2007).

Coordinates: 33°15′S, 144°34′E

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