Big Hill, New South Wales Explained

Type:town
Big Hill
State:nsw
Coordinates:-34.5492°N 150.0006°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in New South Wales
Lga:Upper Lachlan Shire
County:Argyle[1]
Parish:Eden Forest
Region:Southern Tablelands
Postcode:2580
Pop:44
Elevation:658
Stategov:Goulburn
Fedgov:Hume
Dist1:189
Dir1:SW
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:41
Dir2:NE
Location2:Goulburn
Near-N:Bannaby
Near-E:Canyonleigh
Near-Se:Canyonleigh
Near-S:Brayton
Near-Sw:Greenwich Park
Near-W:Chatsbury
Near-Nw:Myrtleville

Big Hill is a bounded rural locality in Upper Lachlan Shire to the north of Marulan in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.[2] At the, it had a population of 44.

The area is characterised with agricultural activities, predominantly grazing, as well as National Parks. Grazing was first introduced by Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur nephew of John Macarthur, who established a 1000 acre farm, Arthursleigh, at Big Hill in 1819.

By the start of the 20th century, Big Hill boasted a Methodist chapel, school and a post office. Today, only the church remains, and Arthursleigh operates as an agriculture research and teaching centre of the University of Sydney.[3]

Big Hill Post Office opened on 1 November 1869 and closed in 1945.

The main geographical features of Big Hill include Mount Modickmurribar from which the area is named, the Wollondilly River to the east and the Tarlo River National Park to the west.

Big Hill is roughly equivalent to the cadastral parishes of Cookbundoon and Eden Forest in the county of Argyle.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NSW Parishes — MapLover . 25 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180426011627/https://www.maplover.me/maps/nsw-parishes . 26 April 2018 . dead .
  2. Web site: Big Hill. OpenStreetMap. 10 August 2017.
  3. http://sydney.edu.au/vetscience/about/facilities.shtml Facilities
  4. 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 :J. Sands, [1886) Map 11.</ref> ==References == {{reflist}} {{Localities in Upper Lachlan Shire}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Upper Lachlan Shire]]