Stonehenge is a small New South Wales Rural Location within the local government area of Glen Innes Severn, it is located approximately 453kms from the capital Sydney covering an area of 74.012 square kilometres. The Main North railway line (now closed) crosses the New England Highway at Stonehenge, which also had a railway station which opened in 1884 and was closed about 1974. Website designed by "Kingsgate Station", Red Range NSW 2370. * By 1840 most of the land around the town had been settled.
In 1886 the station was purchased by a Queensland grazier, George Morris Simpson, who built the Stonehenge Stonehenge has a recreation reserve of about 32 hectares (80 acres) which includes a sports ground, shelter shed and toilets. The land where Stonehenge Station was established is the territory of the Ngarabal people, who knew the area as "Hol'pin", meaning many casuarinas near a large plain. (1930). The Glen Innes District is renowned for its unique rock formations, one of the most unusual is Balancing Rock, 12 kilometres south of Glen Innes on the New England Highway. In 1848, Stonehenge, also known as Boyd’s Plains covered an area of 80,000 acres (320 km2). "Aboriginal prehistory in New England : an archaeological survey of northeastern New South Wales." The gigantic boulder of granite rests precariously on a 300 millimetre point amongst other rock formations. Directions "Lillydale" 123 Wellingrove Rd, Glen Innes NSW 2370. You have corrected this article This article has been corrected by You and other Voluntroves This article has been corrected by Voluntroves * Glen Innes was gazetted in 1852. Send to Send to mobile. Located in the Stonehenge Recreational Grounds is the Glen Innes Clay Target Club. The early settlers in the area were mostly Scots. Glen Innes is a parish and town on the Northern Tablelands, in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.It is the centre of the Glen Innes Severn Shire Council.The town is located at the intersection of the New England Highway and the Gwydir Highway.At the 2016 census, Glen Innes had a population of 6,155.
The first to be guided by the 'Beardies' into the Glen Innes area was Thomas Hewitt who, in 1838, took up the Stonehenge station. At the 2016 census, Glen Innes had a population of 6,155. MacPherson, J. In 1886 the station was purchased by a Queensland grazier, George Morris Simpson, who built the Stonehenge homestead the following year. The Club meet the 1st Saturday of each month and all are welcome to go along and join in. Stonehenge has a recreation reserve of about 80 acres (320,000 m2) which includes a sports ground, shelter shed and toilets.It’s the perfect spot for photographers to capture landscapes in the various light of the New England High Country. The locality was named because of the local granite outcrops that were reminiscent of Stonehenge, England. In 1848, Stonehenge, also known as Boyd’s Plains covered an area of 80,000 acres (320 km2). Glen Innes is a parish and town on the Northern Tablelands, in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.
It is the centre of the Glen Innes Severn Shire Council. In 1848, Stonehenge, also known as Boyd’s Plains covered an area of 320 square kilometres (80,000 acres). The area contains sacred sites and remains of great significance to Ngarabal people today.
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The town is located at the intersection of the New England Highway and the Gwydir Highway. The area contains sacred sites and remains of great significance to Ngarabal people today. "Some Aboriginal place names in Northern New South Wales." 2020 © All Rights Reserved. Royal Australian Historical Society, Journal and Proceedings, 16 (2), 120-131.McBryde, I. The settlement of Stonehenge is located about 12 kilometres south of Glen Innes and is about 3,500 feet (1,067 m) above sea level and exists mainly as a flat plateau strewn with granite boulders, some over 5 metres high.
* The first settler to be guided by the Beardies into the Glen Innes area was Thomas Hewitt who, in 1838, took up the Stonehenge station. Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser (NSW : 1874 - 1908), Tue 13 Mar 1894, Page 3 - School at Stonehenge Station. In 1886 the station was purchased by a Queensland grazier, The land where Stonehenge Station was established is the territory of the Ngarabal people, who knew the area as "Hol'pin", meaning many casuarinas near a large plain.
Stonehenge station was occupied by Thomas Hewitt in 1838 on behalf of Archibald Boyd making him the first settler in the Glen Innes district.. * The present site was laid out in 1851 and named after the station's former owner, Major Archibald Clunes Innes. The settlement is located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of The land where Stonehenge Station was established is the territory of the Stonehenge station was occupied by Thomas Hewitt in 1838 on behalf of Archibald Boyd making him the first settler in the Glen Innes district. Directions (02) 6732 1858. In 1838 he established what is now known as Stonehenge Station. The Club is a member of the Australian Clay Target Association which has nearly 300 clubs around Australia – we would argue we have the most picturesque. Others rapidly followed and by 1840 the land was settled.