Gubbata is a locality in the
Central West region of
New South Wales. The locality is in the
Bland Shire local government area
west of the state capital,
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
.
The area now known as Gubbata, lies on the traditional lands of the
Wiradjuri people. The name, Gubbata, is most likely a settler rendering of an Aboriginal language word.
The Village of Gubbata was proclaimed in December 1930, around the time that the surrounding area was opened up for farming
and the railway line was opened.
[Gubbat]
station
Some of the new farming blocks were reserved for
soldier settlers. It never grew to the expectations held for it in the early 1930s, Nonetheless, there was a small settlement established there.
It is on the
Naradhan Railway Line
The Naradhan railway line is a railway line in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It branches from Ungarie on the Lake Cargelligo line and heads in a westerly direction, passing through Youngareen and Kikoira, to the small town of Naradha ...
. The station opened 11 Feb 1929 and closed to passengers 4 May 1975. There was a siding with a loading bank,
but the nearest bulk grain silo was built adjacent to the next station, at
Kikoira
Kikoira is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Bland Shire local government area west of the state capital, Sydney.
The Kikoira area produces wheat and wool and between 1939 and 1970 was home to ...
, in 1933.
Gubbata had a public school, from June 1934 to 1946, and again, from September 1961 to February 1983. It also had a post office, by 1934, which closed on 31 July 1981. Like many small communities, it had a public hall.
Mines in the area included two underground gold mines, the Blairgowrie Mine and the Gubbata Mine just off the Naradhan Road. However, the discovery of tin nearer to the neighbouring village of Kikoira, in 1938, led to that village becoming a larger and longer-lasting settlement than Gubbata. Little now remains of the village.
As the village was surveyed and only partially settled, the native scrub in the village reserve was left largely intact while the surrounding area was cleared for
agriculture. This
remnant area is the basis of the Gubbata Nature Reserve. The reserve is dominated by pointed mallee,
congoo mallee
''Eucalyptus dumosa'', commonly known as the white mallee, dumosa mallee, or Congoo mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to south eastern Australia. It usually has rough, flaky grey bark on the lower trunk, smooth bark above, lance-shap ...
and
yorrel
''Eucalyptus yilgarnensis'', commonly known as yorrell or yorrel, is a species of mallee, rarely a small tree, that is endemic to Western Australia. It usually has rough bark on the trunk, smooth bark above, linear to narrow elliptical or narr ...
. Some
spinifex and scrub
cypress
Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae. The word ''cypress'' is derived from Old French ''cipres'', which was imported from Latin ''cypressus'', the ...
are also present. "The reserve is managed to maintain the sample of mallee habitats in an area that is largely cleared, which requires minimal visitation."
Gubbata's highest recorded
temperature is 46.2°
C and its lowest -4.8 °C.
Rainfall is between and year round.,
Gubbata Nature Reserve - Climate
/ref> and an altitude of about above sea level.
References
External links
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Map of Parish of Blairgowrie, County of Dowling (NSW Dept. of Lands)
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Towns in New South Wales