Elsmore, New South Wales
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Elsmore is a rural village, with a population of 327 (2006),[1] in Gough County on the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia The village is situated 10km east of Inverell, New South Wales and is in the Inverell Shire Council area.
[edit] History
In c.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 traveler 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.
The main industries are mining and agriculture.
[edit] Citations
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Elsmore (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
- ^ Starr, Joan and Mike Nicholas, Pioneering New England, Rigby, Adelaide, 1978
[edit] References
“Inverell Shire Information”, c.1981
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