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Bowling Alley Point (VILLAGE), NSW Details
History
Area partly inundated by the waters of Chaffey Dam which was constructed in 1979.
Description
A village about 7.5 km N by E of the town of Nundle.
Origin
Locality was said to be so named in the early gold mining days when miners played a game of bowls at a bend of the Peel River about 3 miles above the dam site.
Bowling Alley Point (VILLAGE), NSW
title | Bowling Alley Point (VILLAGE) |
additional | |
state | NSW |
reference | 8338 |
placename | Bowling Alley Point |
designation | VILLAGE |
geographical name | |
previous names | |
lga | TAMWORTH REGIONAL |
description | A village about 7.5 km N by E of the town of Nundle. |
meaning | |
origin | Locality was said to be so named in the early gold mining days when miners played a game of bowls at a bend of the Peel River about 3 miles above the dam site. |
history | Area partly inundated by the waters of Chaffey Dam which was constructed in 1979. |