Kamilaroi Highway
Kamilaroi Highway New South Wales | |
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A small mirage on the Kamilaroi Highway near Cryon. | |
General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 598 km (372 mi) |
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Major junctions | |
NW end | |
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SE end | |
Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Brewarrina, Walgett, Cryon, Burren Junction, Wee Waa, Narrabri, Boggabri, Gunnedah, Curlewis, Breeza, Quirindi, Braefield |
Highway system | |
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales |
The Kamilaroi Highway is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia, running for 620km from Willow Tree on the New England Highway in central New South Wales in a north-western direction until it reaches Bourke on the Mitchell Highway. . It was formerly signed National Route 37, poorly west of Walgett. This route was replaced by the alpha numeric route number B51 between the New England Highway and Newell Highway, before continuing to Walgett unnumbered. Here at its junction with the Castlereagh Highway it becomes the B76, and continues along the formerly largely unsigned part of National Route 37 towards Bourke and the Mitchell Highway. Its status as a highway is fairly new, having only become State Highway 29 in February 1999, the same point in time that it was named the Kamilaroi Highway.
The Kamilaroi Highway crosses the Bogan River 43 kilometres (27 mi) east of Bourke.[1]
The highway is named after the Kamilaroi Indigenous Australian people who live in the area.
Route attractions and features
Approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Boggabri is a spectacular landmark called Gin’s Leap, that was known in the days of Cobb and Co as "The Rock". It is said that a young Aboriginal girl, being pursued by white settlers on horseback, jumped to her death rather than be raped and shot like others in her family. [2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Bogan River Bridge Replacement HW29". NSW eTendering. Government of New South Wales. 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ↑ Elder, Bruce. Blood on the Wattle: Massacres and maltreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788. New Holland Publishers Ltd. ISBN 1864364106.
External links
Media related to Kamilaroi Highway at Wikimedia Commons
- Kamilaroi Highway website - website
- Kamilaroi Highway - Narrabri information website