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Root Hog (RURAL PLACE), NSW Details
Description
A locality on the western side of the Macquarie River about 3km SE by S of Junction Mountain and about 6km S by W of Hill End.
Origin
THE ROOT HOG.: the name came from a Yankee miner who brought a pig to the field and lacking the means of feeding it turned it loose with the admonition root hog or die. It is a waterhole and following the discovery there of reef gold by the Marshall family a small settlement grew with a stamper battery powered by channelled river
Root Hog (RURAL PLACE), NSW
| title | Root Hog (RURAL PLACE) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 71894 |
| placename | Root Hog |
| designation | RURAL PLACE |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | BATHURST REGIONAL |
| description | A locality on the western side of the Macquarie River about 3km SE by S of Junction Mountain and about 6km S by W of Hill End. |
| meaning | |
| origin | THE ROOT HOG.: the name came from a Yankee miner who brought a pig to the field and lacking the means of feeding it turned it loose with the admonition root hog or die. It is a waterhole and following the discovery there of reef gold by the Marshall family a small settlement grew with a stamper battery powered by channelled river |
| history |
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