| Bowenfels New South Wales |
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 Bowenfels Railway Station |
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| Postcode: | 2790 |
| LGA: | City of Lithgow |
| State District: | Bathurst |
| Federal Division: | Calare |
Bowenfels is a small town on the western outskirts of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. The Local Government Areas of New South Wales, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government involving Lithgow is a Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia that includes Lithgow and its surrounding area State Electoral District is a term used to refer to an electorate within the Lower House or Legislative Bathurst is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Division of Calare is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
History
The town was founded in the 1830's to service travellers along the new road to Bathurst, which opened in 1832[1]. Bathurst is a regional centre in the state of New South Wales, Australia approximately 200km west of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council The town was the first settlement in the valley and pre-dated Lithgow by 40 years. The railway opened in 1869[2], and was electrified in the 1950s, although passenger services no longer service Bowenfels station. The Main Western Railway is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. Bowenfels is a disused railway station on the Main Western line of New South Wales, Australia.
References
- ^ Bowenfels, NSW. Sydney Morning Herald, 8 February 2004.
- ^ Main West Line. Nswrail. net.
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