Boro, New South Wales
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Boro is a rural
Boro Creek is a tributary of the Shoalhaven River.
The bushranger, William Westwood, known as "Jackey Jackey", operated in the area.[3]
Silver was mined in the area and there are a number of mining relics and shafts around.[4]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Boro". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Boro". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "About William Westwood". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ The book Monaro; Lost Mines Revisited by B McGowan covers the area and details the mining history.
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