Baerami is a locality in the

Muswellbrook Shire Muswellbrook Shire is a local government area in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is situated adjacent to the New England Highway and the Hunter railway line. Muswellbrook Shire was established on 1 July 1979 fro ...

in the

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region of

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. The

Bylong Valley Way Bylong Valley Way is a New South Wales country road linking the Golden Highway near Sandy Hollow to the Castlereagh Highway near Ilford. It is named after the Bylong Valley, through which the road passes. Route In conjunction with the Bathurs ...

crosses the

Baerami Creek Baerami Creek, a partly perennial stream of the Hunter River (New South Wales), Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter Region, Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Course The Baerami Creek rises on the northern slopes of the J ...

via Kirks Bridge at Baerami. Downstream of the bridge, the creek meets its

confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...

with the

Goulburn River The Goulburn River, a major inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the alpine, Northern Country/North Central, and Southern Riverina regions of the Australian state of Victoria. ...

. The name of Baerami is associated with a deposit of

oil shale Oil shale is an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds) from which liquid hydrocarbons can be produced. In addition to kerogen, general composition of oil shales constitute ...

, which was reputedly the largest in New South Wales and around twice the size of that at Glen Davis. However, the site where mining occurred on lies Baerami Creek, approximately 25 km south of the road junction near the crossing of Baerami Creek at Baerami, in the adjacent locality of Baerami Creek. The Sandy Hollow-Gulgong goods railway line passes through the locality. Points of interest include Baerami Community Hall
James Estate

Dingo Gully The dingo (''Canis familiaris'', ''Canis familiaris dingo'', ''Canis dingo'', or '' Canis lupus dingo'') is an ancient ( basal) lineage of dog found in Australia. Its taxonomic classification is debated as indicated by the variety of scient ...

, and the ol
Baerami Catholic Church

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Suburbs of Muswellbrook Shire {{MuswellbrookShire-geo-stub

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