Walcha Road, New South Wales
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Walcha Road is a village with a population of 20, located 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of Walcha in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.
The railway through here from Sydney to Uralla was completed in 1882. Based on the Armidale train line, Walcha Road served as the train stop for the Walcha district and as such carried a large volume of goods such as superphosphate, wool and livestock. During 1911 there were 8,748 bales of wool transported from here to Sydney. Livestock and goods are no longer carried and the necessary yards and sheds have been removed. Up until 1914, the trip to Walcha took about two hours by horses and a coach. Later a motor bus service operated along this route.
The village now consists of a small number of homes, along with a one man police station and historic hotel which was burnt down in November 2004. The new hotel was opened for meals in November, 2007.
About one and a half miles south east of the railway station is the natural feature of Crawford's Knob, timbered, with a bare summit consisting of an irregular arrangement of thousands of basalt columns.
[edit] References
- Walcha - 100 Years of Local Government, Walcha Shire Council, Newprint Industries, Walcha, 1989.
- Southern New England, November 1911.
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