Type: | town |
Wisemans Creek | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -33.6167°N 149.7167°W |
Pop: | 113 |
Postcode: | 2795 |
Elevation: | 763 |
Lga: | Oberon Shire |
Stategov: | Bathurst |
Fedgov: | Calare |
Dist1: | 190 |
Dir1: | W |
Location1: | Sydney |
Dist2: | 33 |
Dir2: | SSE |
Location2: | Bathurst |
Dist3: | 67 |
Dir3: | WSW |
Location3: | Lithgow |
Dist4: | 21 |
Dir4: | NW |
Location4: | Oberon |
Near-Nw: | Brewongle |
Near-N: | O'Connell |
Near-Ne: | Locksley |
Near-E: | Hazelgrove |
Near-Se: | Oberon |
Near-S: | Essington |
Near-Sw: | Charlton |
Near-W: | Tannas Mount |
Wisemans Creek is a locality in the Oberon Shire of New South Wales, Australia. The area has also been known as Glenburn.[1] It had a population of 113 people as of the .
Wisemans Creek Post Office opened on 1 January 1886 and closed on 30 June 1976.[2] Wisemans Creek Provisional School operated from September 1868 to September 1870.[3] It also formerly had a cricket club, debating society and bushfire brigade.[4] [5] [6]
The area has historically been used for mining of copper and gold.[7] [8] The Black Bullock mine was worked successfully by Windsor Resources during the 1980s and was subject to ongoing drilling from a joint venture in the 1990s; it was still being viewed as a prospect by Heron Resources in 2017.[9]
In June 1970, it was proposed to remove the Wisemans Creek name and refer to the area as Glenburn; however, this was reversed in August that year.[10] [11]
Wisemans Creek has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: