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Cow Creek Reserve
Cow Creek
Type: Reserve
Year established: 1900
Year closed: 1952
Cow Creek
Locality_name Cow Creek
AR_number
Associated_names Cow Creek Aboriginal Reserve
Location_comments NW of Nambucca Heads
Lat -30.6143
Lon 152.9697
Year_gazetted_est_closure 1900-1952
Years_of_operation_as_mission
Reference Felton, 2013, p.236
Parish_Maps New South Wales Department of Lands 1909, 'Parish of Valley Valley, County of Raleigh, Land District of Bellingen, Eastern Division N.S.W.', 3rd edn, Department of Lands, Sydney.
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Wirrimbi Island & Reserve
Wirrimbi Island & Reserve
Type: Reserve
Year established: 1908
Year closed: 1924
Wirrimbi Island
Type Other Details
Latitude -30.6698 Longitude 152.9124
Start Date 1908
End Date 1924 Description
Extended Data PlaceType
Aboriginal Protection Board.Reserve
AR Number AR 42775, AR 57051
Location Comments
Near Wirrimbi Reference Information Felton, 2013, p.113
Year Gazetted Or Established
1908 Mission Dates 1908/1924 Associated Names Year Closed Parish Maps Reference
New South Wales Department of Lands 1904, 'Parish of Bowra, County of Raleigh, Land Districts of Bellingen and Kempsey, Eastern Division N.S.W.', 3rd edn, Department of Lands, Sydney.
Notes On Dates Station Interval
Farrington Fields Bellwood Reserve
Bellwood
Type: Reserve
Year established: 1951
Brushy Island, Girr Girr Island
Stuart Island
Type: Reserve
Year established: 1883
Year closed: 1955
Bellwood
Locality_name Bellwood
AR_number
Associated_names Bellwood Creek
Location_comments
Southern end of Nambucca Heads
Lat -30.6594
Lon 152.983
Year_gazetted_est_closure 1951-
Years_of_operation_as_mission
Reference Felton, 2013, p.102; NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 2003, Aboriginal women’s heritage: Nambucca, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney
Parish_Maps New South Wales Department of Lands 1942, 'Parish of Nambucca, County of Raleigh, Land Districts of Bellingen & Kempsey', 8th edn, Department of Lands, Sydney.
Girr Girr, Brushy Island
Bowraville racecourse
Bowraville Fringe Camp
Type: Camp
BOWRAVILLE RACECOURSE
O'Rourke's Settlement reservee
Locality_name O'Rourke's Settlement
AR_number
Associated_names
Location_commentsTaylor's Arm of Nambucca River
Lat-30.708
Lon152.9035
Year_gazetted_est_closure1884-1920?
Years_of_operation_as_mission
ReferenceFelton, 2013, pp.113-114
Parish_MapsNew South Wales Department of Lands 1904, 'Parish of Bowra, County of Raleigh, Land Districts of Bellingen and Kempsey, Eastern Division N.S.W.', 3rd edn, Department of Lands, Sydney.
O'Rourke's Settlement reservee
Allgomera reserve
Locality_nameAllgomera
AR_numberThe Reserve
Associated_names
Location_comments10 km SW Macksville, Tom Mara's Creek
Lat-30.7665
Lon152.8298
Year_gazetted_est_closure1904-1920
Years_of_operation_as_mission
ReferenceFelton, 2013, p.220
Parish_MapsNew South Wales Department of Lands 1907, 'Parish of Allgomera, Country of Raleigh, Land District of Kempsey, Eastern Division N.S.W.', 3rd edn, Department of Lands, Sydney.
Allgomera reserve
Urunga (Yellow Rock)
Locality_nameUrunga (Yellow Rock)
AR_numberMaclean Aboriginal Station
Associated_namesBellingen, Yellow Rock
Location_commentsOriginally located on the island on the Bellinger River but moved to the mainland in 1921 to area of Yellow Rock after recent flooding there
Lat-30.4831
Lon153.0243
Year_gazetted_est_closure1891-1954
Years_of_operation_as_mission1918-1937
ReferenceFelton, 2013, p.100
Parish_MapsNew South Wales Department of Lands 1909, 'Parish of South Bellingen, County of Raleigh, Land District of Bellingen, Eastern Division N.S.W.', 4th edn, Department of Lands, Sydney.
YELLOW ROCK