Booyong, New South Wales Explained

Booyong
Type:suburb
State:nsw
Coordinates:-28.7483°N 153.4511°W
Postcode:2480
Utc:+10
Utc-Dst:+11
Lga:Byron Shire
Lga2:Lismore
County:Rous
Parish:Teven
Stategov:Lismore
Fedgov:Richmond, with a small section in Page
Near-Ne:Nashua
Near-S:Pearces Creek
Near-W:Eltham
Near-Nw:Clunes

"Booyong" is a locality in northern New South Wales, partially in Byron Shire and partially in the City of Lismore.[1] It is named after the Booyong, or ironwood tree.[1]

For census purposes the locality is included in the village of Clunes.

It is the location of the Booyong Flora Reserve, now part of the Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve,[2] which is one of the few known locations of the endangered plant Isoglossa eranthemoides.[3]

The village is located on the North Coast railway line. The track work, bridges and platform for the former Booyong railway station remains. There are no buildings left in the station precinct.

History

The Bundjalung people were the first inhabitants of the Booyong area. The locality takes its name from an ironwood tree.

In 2010, the biggest water gum in the Southern Hemisphere, located within the Booyong Flora Reserve, was added to the National Register of Big Trees.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Booyong entry . Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . 4 November 2016.
  2. Web site: Isoglossa eranthemoides — Isoglossa . Australian Department of Environment . Species Profile and Threats Database . 4 November 2016.
  3. Web site: PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Plant Net. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20070906162441/http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Isoglossa~eranthemoides . 6 September 2007 . 2019-11-13.