Newbridge, New South Wales

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Newbridge is a quiet, peaceful village of about 100 residents in New South Wales, Australia in Blayney Shire. It is approximately 30km from Bathurst and 15km from Blayney in the Central Tablelands of NSW.

Newbridge village developed around the railway line and station which was built in 1876. The station was called Back Creek, however, the post office which opened two months later in the same year was called Duramana. To avoid confusion with the Duramana on the other side of Bathurst and due to either the large number of Irish settlers in the area reflecting upon Newbridge in Ireland or as the result of the opening of a pedestrian overhead bridge built at the station, the station, post office and village were called Newbridge.

The current village survives in relation to the farming community still present in the area. Buildings in the area that still stand from yesteryear include the Gladstone Hotel (early 1870's), the public school (1877), the police station (1890's), the convent (1890), the new post office (1904) and the Catholic church (1919) Coordinates: 33°34′S, 149°22′E