Boorowa
Sign in to saveBoorowa () is a farming village in the Hilltops Region in the South West Slopes of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in a valley southwest of Sydney around above sea-level. The town is in Hilltops Council local government area.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- suburb
- Australian place.name
- Boorowa
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.image
- Buildings in Boorowa, NSW, 2023, 09.jpg
- Australian place.caption
- Marsden Street
- Australian place.established
- 1843
- Australian place.postcode
- 2586
- Australian place.elevation
- 490
- Australian place.dist1
- 40
- Australian place.dir1
- E
- Australian place.location1
- Young
- Australian place.dist2
- 70
- Australian place.dir2
- ENE
- Australian place.location2
- Cootamundra
- Australian place.dist3
- 78
- Australian place.dir3
- S
- Australian place.location3
- Cowra
- Australian place.dist4
- 240
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Boorowa () is a farming village in the Hilltops Region in the South West Slopes of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in a valley southwest of Sydney around above sea-level. The town is in Hilltops Council local government area.
==History== Before the arrival of Europeans, the area was part of the lands occupied by the Wiradjuri Nation with the Gandangara Aboriginal Australians. It is believed that the name 'Burrowa', the original spelling, derives from the local Aboriginal language and refers to a native bird, the plains turkey Australian bustard.