Crooked Corner
Crooked Corner is a locality on the road from Bigga, New South Wales to Binda, New South Wales, which was once a town. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 61.
Alluvial gold was found there, in 1861, and reef gold, in 1871. In the late 1880s another reef was found to the east of the old alluvial workings, and the Palmer Gold and Silver Mining Company set up a battery there in 1888.
The Five Mile Tree public school operated there from 1892 to 2009.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Crooked Corner". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Crooked Corner". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "GOLD FIELDS". Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932). 22 May 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "THE GOLD-FIELDS". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 11 January 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "Quartz Reefing". Crookwell Gazette (NSW : 1885 - 1954). 8 June 1888. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "Five Mile Tree". nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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