Belar, New South Wales Explained

thumb|right|Gowen NSW.Belar, New South Wales is a bounded rural locality of the Warrumbungle Shire and a civil parish of Gowen County, New South Wales.^[1]

Notes and References

1. 'Squatting Towns and Stations', Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 10 July 1873, page 4.
2. Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices (Sydney :John Sands, [1886) Map 14.</ref><ref name="map">[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234422825/view Map of Gowan County, New South Wales]. “Mobla” station near Binnaway is located at the south-east corner of Belar parish near the junction of Greenbah Creek with the Castlereagh River.

   Location

   Belar parish is bounded by the Castlereagh River to the east and Greenbah Creek to the south, north-west of Binnaway.

   History

   In 1873 it was recorded: "At Mobla a very neat bridge has been erected over the Greenbah Creek, just above its junction with the Castlereagh".^[1]

   References