Elsmore, New South Wales

Town in New South Wales, Australia

Coordinates29°48′0″S 151°16′48″E / 29.80000°S 151.28000°E / -29.80000; 151.28000

Population327 (2006 census)^[1]

Established1838

Elsmore New South Wales
Community Hall
Elsmore
Coordinates	29°48′0″S 151°16′48″E / 29.80000°S 151.28000°E / -29.80000; 151.28000
Population	327 (2006 census)^[1]
Established	1838
Postcode(s)	2360
Location	10 km (6 mi) E of Inverell
LGA(s)	Inverell Shire
State electorate(s)	Northern Tablelands
Federal division(s)	New England

Elsmore is a rural village, with a population of 327 (2006),^[1] in Gough County on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. The village is situated 10 km east of Inverell, New South Wales, just north of the Macintyre River and is within Inverell Shire.

Elsmore, originally known as Glenmore and also referred to as Ellmore, was a station of approximately 50,000 acres (200 km²) settled by John Campbell in 1838. The first official licensees of this station were Campbell & Muir in 1839. In 1843, the station was owned by Brown & Alcorn. The recorded stock numbers in 1850 included 66 horses, 1,300 cattle, and no sheep. Alexander Campbell of Inverell Station owned Elsmore by 1852.

Around 1870 Joseph Wills, a shepherd, is believed to have been the first to find tin in the New England district. These heavy black grains that he found near Elsmore aroused his curiosity. Shortly after selling these to a traveller from Sydney a rush began to search the tin fields around here, Inverell and other nearby areas.^[2] The Elsmore mine was the first commercial tin mine in Australia and has produced tin from various alluvial deposits intermittently since 1871. The adjacent Sheep Station Hill has seen only minor scale hard rock and alluvial mining.

Elsmore Post Office opened on 1 February 1873 and closed in 1992.^[3]

The main industries are mining and agriculture.

The Bruderhof started a community known as Danthonia in Elsmore in 1999. They farm, produce signs and operate a publishing house.^[4]

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Elsmore (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
↑ Starr, Joan and Mike Nicholas, Pioneering New England, Rigby, Adelaide, 1978
↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
↑ "About Us". Plough. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

"Inverell Shire Information", c.1981

v t e New England region of New South Wales, Australia
Federal divisions	New England Parkes
State electorates	Barwon Northern Tablelands Tamworth
Local government areas	Armidale Glen Innes Severn Gunnedah Gwydir Inverell Liverpool Plains Moree Plains Tamworth Tenterfield Uralla Walcha
Cities	Armidale Tamworth
Towns and villages	Ardglen Ashford Attunga Barraba Bendemeer Ben Lomond Bingara Black Mountain Bolivia Bonshaw Brackendale Breeza Bukkulla Bundarra Carroll Coolatai Croppa Creek Curlewis Dangarsleigh Deepwater Delungra Dorrigo Drake Dundee Dungowan Duri Ebor Elsmore Emerald Hill Emmaville Gilgai Glencoe Glen Innes Graman Gravesend Gunnedah Guyra Hanging Rock Howell Hillgrove Inverell Invergowrie Jennings Kellys Plains Kelvin Kentucky Kootingal Kingstown Legume Limbri Liston Llangothlin Manilla Mingoola Mole River Moonbi Mount Russell Mullaley Myall Creek Niangala North Star Nowendoc Nundle Red Range Rocky River Sandy Flat Somerton Stannifer Stannum Stonehenge Tambar Springs Tenterfield Tia Tingha Torrington Upper Horton Uralla Urbenville Walcha Walcha Road Wallabadah Wandsworth Warialda Warialda Rail Weabonga Wellingrove Werris Creek Willow Tree Wollomombi Wollun Woolbrook Wytaliba Yarrowitch Yarrowyck Yetman
National parks and other conservation areas	Bald Rock Basket Swamp Boonoo Boonoo Bundarra-Barraba Important Bird Area Carrai Cathedral Rock Chaelundi Cottan-Bimbang Cunnawarra Ebor Falls Gibraltar Range Guy Fawkes River Kings Plains Kwiambal Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve Mummel Gulf New England Nowendoc Nymboida Oxley Wild Rivers Warrabah Washpool Werrikimbe
Rivers	Aberfoyle Apsley Back Barnard Beardy Blicks Blue Mountain Bobo Boonoo Boonoo Boyd Cells Chandler Chandlers Clouds Commissioners Cooplacurripa Curricabark Dyke Gara Georges Guy Fawkes Gwydir Hastings Kunderang Little Murray Little Nymboida Macleay Manning Maryland Moredun Mummel Nowendoc Nowlands Oaky Oban Rocky Rowleys Sara Severn Styx Tia Timbarra Tobins Towallum Urumbilum Walcrow Warnes Wollomombi Yarrow Yarrowitch
Mountain ranges and mountains	Barren Ben Lomond Dorrigo Plateau Duval Grundy Hyland Moonbi Range Point Lookout Round Thunderbolts Range Tia Range Yarrowyck
Tourist attractions	Apsley Falls Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre Dangar Falls Ebor Falls Newell Falls Sherrard Falls Tamworth Country Music Festival Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre Wollomombi Falls

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