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Boorowa (/ b uː r oʊ w ə /) is a farming village in the Hilltops Region in the south west slopes of New South Wales, Australia. [ 2 ] It is located in a valley 340 kilometres (210 mi) southwest of Sydney around 490 metres (1,610 ft) above sea-level.
A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that Boorowa Council merge with adjoining councils. The NSW Government considered two proposals. The first proposed a merger between the Boorowa Council and Harden and Young shires to form a new council with an area of 7,139 square kilometres (2,756 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 19,000. [6]
Boorowa River, a perennial stream that is part of the Lachlan catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central–western region of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features
This area was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of Boorowa Council, Harden Shire and Young Shire. [4] The local government area covers much the same area as the Hilltops wine region . The mayor of Hilltops Council is Margaret Roles, an independent , and was elected unopposed after the inaugural election held on 4 December 2021.
It includes Boorowa and Goulburn in the west, parts of the Southern Highlands in the centre and Camden in the east. It includes the entire local government areas of Goulburn Mulwaree and Upper Lachlan shires and parts of Camden Council , Hilltops Council , the City of Liverpool , the City of Penrith , Wingecarribee Shire and Wollondilly Shire .
The Southern Tablelands is a geographic area of New South Wales, Australia, located south-west of Sydney and west of the Great Dividing Range.. The area is characterised by high, flat country which has generally been extensively cleared and used for grazing purposes.
Boorowa was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1880 to 1904, including the town of Boorowa. Its name ...
Henry Joseph Curran (1843-1882) was an Australian journalist and leading figure in the Catholic communities in Goulburn and Boorowa in the 1860s and 1870s. Curran worked for newspapers in Goulburn, established and edited the Burrowa Advocate and also worked in Sydney on the Freeman's Journal .