Local Government Area
Bourke
Population
26 (2021 census)
Area
3,580.80 km²
Coordinates
-30.5703, 146.4129
Data
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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About Byrock

Byrock is a small village in north-western New South Wales on the Mitchell Highway, roughly halfway between Bourke and Nyngan. Named after the Byrock Rock Holes, known as Bai to the Nyammba people, it was a Cobb and Co coach stop. The railway arrived in 1874 and a branch line to Brewarrina opened in 1900. Byrock also lends its name to an ancient extinct volcanic centre, notable for rare leucitite lava mounds at Bye Hill.

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