Bonshaw is a village in

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

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783 km north of

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

. In the , the village had a population of 133 people in the district. It is located near the northern border of the State close to

Texas, Queensland Texas is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Goondiwindi Region of Queensland, Australia. It is on the Queensland borders, Queensland border with New South Wales. In the , the locality of Texas had a population ...

, from which it is separated by the

Dumaresq River The Dumaresq River ( Indigenous ) is a perennial stream of the Macintyre catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales and the Darling Downs region of Que ...

which forms the border between the states. Bonshaw is located in

Inverell Shire Inverell Shire is a local government area in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia adjacent to the Macintyre River and the Gwydir Highway. The mayor of Inverell Shire Council is Cr. Kate Dight, who is unaligned with any ...

and

Arrawatta County Arrawatta County, New South Wales is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It includes Ashford, New South Wales, Ashford. The name ''Arrawatta'' is thought to be derived from a local Indigenous Australians, aboriginal word for ...

. It is on the

Bruxner Highway Bruxner Highway, and its former western alignment as Bruxner Way, are a state highway and rural road respectively, located in New South Wales, Australia. The route forms an east–west link across the Northern Tablelands in northern New South ...

between

Tenterfield Tenterfield is a regional town in New South Wales, Australia, situated at the junction of the New England and Bruxner highways, along the Northern Tablelands, within the New England, New South Wales, New England region. At the , Tenterfield ha ...

and

Goondiwindi Goondiwindi () is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , the locality of Goondiwindi had a population of 6, ...

. It is a village designed to serve the needs of the agricultural holdings in the area. Bonshaw Post Office opened on 1 October 1866 and closed around 1994.

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Bonshaw, includes some photos
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