Narrabri Area Attractions Directory : Historical Sites and Heritage Locations
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Boggabri's History is quite fascinating with the town's main street having moved three time. A Hertitage trail through the towns reveals many interesting highlights of the progress through history since its beginnings in the early 1860's. A brochure is available from Whitehaven Coal office in Merton St or at the Museum in Brent Street. A great way to get a 'feel' of Boggabri's life story is to pay a visit to the historical museum. You can lose yourself for hours taking a trip down 'memory la...
The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), at the Narrabri Observatory, is an array of six 22 metre dish antennas used for radio astronomy. It is located about 25 km west of the town of Narrabri in rural NSW (about 500 km north-west of Sydney). It is operated by the Australia Telescope National Facility, a division of CSIRO. Visits by the general public are always welcome!
Associated with the Telescope is a Visitors Centre where you can view the telescope. The Visitors Centre is staffed by a...
Cuttabri, on the old Cobb & Co line to Pilliga, is steeped in history. All that remains at Cuttabri is a wine shanty and historical museum.
The wine shanty enjoys the distinction of holding the second liquor licence issued in Australia in 1882. It is the only wine shanty still operating in Australia today and includes many pioneering artifacts. The 106 year old building next to the Cobb and Co change station is sited alongside the still standing original Post Office and Telegraph Station.
Narrabri's old gaol is part of an impressive complex of colonial government buildings which also includes the office of the court of petty sessions and the court house.
The architect for this complex, James Barnet, also designed the Sydney General Post Office. The gaol opened in September 1882 and operated as such for exactly 100 years. It now provides an interesting insight to how things were in the past.
Members of the Narrabri Historical Society who run the Old Gaol Heritage Centre, have ...
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