Black Mountain is a village situated between
Armidale
Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale had a population of 24,504 as of June 2018. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region. It ...
and
Guyra
Guyra is a town situated midway between Armidale and Glen Innes on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. It is within Armidale Regional Council and at the 2016 census, it had a population of 1,983. M ...
, located on the
Northern Tablelands
The Northern Tablelands, also known as the New England Tableland, is a plateau and a region of the Great Dividing Range in northern New South Wales, Australia. It includes the New England Range, the narrow highlands area of the New England regio ...
in the
New England
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces ...
region of
New South Wales
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. Situated within
Armidale Regional Council
The Armidale Region is a local government area in the New England and Northern Tablelands regions of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed in 2016 from the merger of the Armidale Dumaresq Shire with the surrounding Guyra Shire.
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, as at the , Black Mountain had a population of 310.
Features and location
Located on a volcanic uplift of the Northern Tablelands, the town is one of the highest in Australia at about above sea level. The New England Highway is the main transport link to Armidale. The
Northern Railway tracks still pass through the village, but this section of the line, north of Armidale, is now disused.
Black Mountain village exists in two sections. Located on the
New England Highway
New England Highway is an long highway in Australia running from Yarraman, north of Toowoomba, Queensland at its northern end to Hexham at Newcastle, New South Wales at its southern end. It is part of Australia's National Highway system, an ...
is the Black Mountain Roadhouse and motel at the top of notorious Devil’s Pinch, which is subject to snow falls that close the road. This marks the turn off into Black Mountain proper, a drive of .
The Black Mountain area was a well known haunt of
Captain Thunderbolt
Frederick Wordsworth Ward (1835 – 25 May 1870), better known by the self-styled pseudonym of Captain Thunderbolt, was an Australian bushranger renowned for escaping from Cockatoo Island, and also for his reputation as the "gentleman bushrang ...
. One of his hideout caves is located to the south of the roadhouse.
Sheep and beef cattle breeding is the main industry of the area.
Black Mountain Baptist Church was built there in 1902 and restored in 1992. Black Mountain has a public school and nursery which is the home of the award-winning three point linkage Youman Tree Planter machine and services. ''Booroolong Railway Station'' Post Office opened on 8 December 1884, was renamed ''Black Mountain'' around 1886 and closed in 1985.
Heritage listings
Black Mountain has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Main Northern railway:
Black Mountain railway station
Black Mountain railway station is a heritage-listed railway station at Main Northern railway, Black Mountain, Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 Ap ...
See also
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Little Nymboida River
Little Nymboida River, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands districts of New South Wales, Australia. It flows through the village of Lowanna.
Course and features
Little ...
*
Nymboida River
The Nymboida River, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
The Nymboida River rises in the northern foothills of the Barren Mountain, on t ...
References
*Guyra Guide 2008, The Guyra Argus, Guyra 2008
External links
Your information guide to Black Mountain
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Towns in New South Wales
Towns in New England (New South Wales)