Boro, New South Wales
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Boro Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°08′57″S 149°40′02″E / 35.14917°S 149.66722°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | Southern Tablelands | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 659 m (2,162 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 97 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2622 | ||||||||||||
| County | Murray | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Barnet | ||||||||||||
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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.[3] At the 2021 census, it had a population of 97.[2]
Boro Creek is a tributary of the Shoalhaven River.
The bushranger, William Westwood, known as "Jackey Jackey", operated in the area.[4]
Silver was mined in the area and there are a number of mining relics and shafts around.[5]
Footnotes
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Boro (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Boro". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Boro". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "About William Westwood". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ The book Monaro; Lost Mines Revisited by B McGowan covers the area and details the mining history.