CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................................. 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 11 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 11 Upper Lachlan Local Environmental Plan 2010 – Schedule 5, Environmental Heritage. 14 Upper Lachlan Shire ~ Heritage Assessment .......................................................................... 14 Heritage in New South Wales ..................................................................................................... 15 Legislation and Heritage Registers ............................................................................................. 15 Assessing Heritage Significance .................................................................................................. 16 Listing on the NSW State Heritage Register ............................................................................ 16 Local Heritage Listing .................................................................................................................. 16 The Natural Environment ........................................................................................................... 17 The Built Environment ................................................................................................................ 17 Aboriginal Heritage ...................................................................................................................... 18 Archaeological Heritage ............................................................................................................... 19 HERITAGE ITEMS ~ UPPER LACHLAN SHIRE ..................................................................................... 20 UPPER LACHLAN SHIRE ~ THEMATIC HISTORY ................................................................................ 20 Upper Lachlan Shire ..................................................................................................................... 20 Aboriginal – European Contact ................................................................................................. 21 Land Holdings ............................................................................................................................... 21 1829 Limits of Location............................................................................................................... 22 Land Title Systems ........................................................................................................................ 23 Exploration and Settlement......................................................................................................... 24 Mining ............................................................................................................................................. 26 Agriculture ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Development of the Railways ..................................................................................................... 27 Churches and Burial Grounds .................................................................................................... 31 UPPER LACHLAN SHIRE ~ NATURAL HERITAGE ............................................................................... 33 Wombeyan Caves Area ................................................................................................................ 33 Tarlo River National Park ........................................................................................................... 34 Lampton Creek Ornithological Area ......................................................................................... 37 Fossil Leaf Beds ............................................................................................................................ 38 Mundoonen Nature Reserve ....................................................................................................... 38 Rowes Lagoon [also referred to as Roses Lagoon] ................................................................. 39 TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF UPPER LACHLAN SHIRE ........................................................................... 41 BIGGA ............................................................................................................................................. 41 Bigga Public School ...................................................................................................................... 42 All Saint’s Anglican Church, Bigga. ........................................................................................... 42 Uniting Church, Bigga .................................................................................................................. 43 Bigga Catholic Church ................................................................................................................. 44 The Federal Hotel ......................................................................................................................... 44 Bigga War Memorial Hall ............................................................................................................ 45 Olympia Café, Bigga ..................................................................................................................... 46 Bigga General Cemetery .............................................................................................................. 46 BINDA ............................................................................................................................................. 47 Funny Hill ........................................................................................................................................ 48 Funny Hill, National School, Binda. ......................................................................................... 48 The Binda Mill ............................................................................................................................... 50 St. James’ Anglican Church, Binda, c.1864. .............................................................................. 51 Binda Cemetery ............................................................................................................................. 52 Old Salisbury Private Cemetery .................................................................................................. 53 Upper Lachlan Shire Community Heritage Study 2007-2008. 2 Rose Cottage, Binda. .................................................................................................................... 54 Former Post Office and Store, Binda. ....................................................................................... 54 Markdale Homestead ........................................................................................................................ 56 St. Andrew's Anglican Church .................................................................................................... 57 Kangaloolah Creek Bridge ........................................................................................................... 57 BREADALBANE.............................................................................................................................. 59 Inns at Breadalbane ...................................................................................................................... 60 Rosythe .............................................................................................................................................. 61 Sweetwood Lea .................................................................................................................................. 65 Hotel Breadalbane ............................................................................................................................. 67 Breadalbane Public School .......................................................................................................... 68 St. Brigid’s Catholic Church ........................................................................................................ 69 Raeburn Homestead and Stables ................................................................................................ 71 Church of St Silas, Breadalbane .................................................................................................. 71 COLLECTOR ................................................................................................................................... 73 Wheat Sheaf Inn ............................................................................................................................... 74 Bushranger Hotel, Collector. ........................................................................................................... 74 Collector Inn (est. 1824). ................................................................................................................. 76 Collector Public School ............................................................................................................... 76 Collector Memorial Hall .............................................................................................................