Yarrowyck, New South Wales
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Yarrowyck is a locality in Sandon County on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
Yarrowyck is located in Uralla Shire and is about 23 kilometres north west of Uralla on Thunderbolts Way and about 31 kilometres west of city of Armidale. Yarrowyck is a farming area with mostly sheep and beef cattle grazing activities in the valley of the Rocky River. [1]
[edit] History
Historically a small village, there are now only scattered agricultural properties, [2] and a timber church that is now a private residence. There was a small cemetery located near the Gwydir River on the property Riverview. It is believed that about ten people were buried there but the headstones have now disappeared. The church hall was built was built c.1910 and used for Protestant services and public meetings. Yarrowyck has a population of around 136 (2006) people, (53.0% male, 47.0% female).
The Mount Yarrowyck Nature Reserve near the junction of the Armidale Road and Thunderbolts Way protects an Aboriginal cave painting site and much of the natural environment of Mount Yarrowyck. The reserve's Aboriginal cultural walk, a three kilometre return track, will take you along the granite slopes of the mountain to the cave painting site.
The track will take you through one of the few remnants of natural bushland on the western slopes of the New England Tablelands. The walking track is clear and easy to follow and, apart from one short section, it is level and undemanding.[3]
[edit] References
Stevenson, Dorothy and Mary Hope, Yarrowyck, Yarrowyck Reunion Committee, 1992
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