Type: | town |
Boro | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -35.1492°N 149.6672°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in New South Wales |
Lga: | Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council |
County: | Murray |
Parish: | Barnet |
Region: | Southern Tablelands |
Postcode: | 2622 |
Pop: | 97 |
Stategov: | Monaro |
Fedgov: | Eden-Monaro |
Dist1: | 52 |
Dir1: | S |
Location1: | Goulburn |
Dist2: | 79 |
Dir2: | ENE |
Location2: | Canberra |
Near-N: | Tarago |
Near-Ne: | Lower Boro |
Near-E: | Mayfield |
Near-Se: | Larbert |
Near-S: | Manar |
Near-Sw: | Mulloon |
Near-W: | Mount Fairy |
Near-Nw: | Tarago |
Boro is a rural locality of New South Wales, Australia in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Region, near the village of Tarago, about 50 km south of Goulburn. The name is a variation of the Aboriginal bora ring. At the, it had a population of 97.
Boro Creek is a tributary of the Shoalhaven River.
The bushranger, William Westwood, known as "Jackey Jackey", operated in the area.[1]
Silver was mined in the area and there are a number of mining relics and shafts around.[2]