Yetholme, New South Wales

Yetholme is a village in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated 30 kilometres east of Bathurst. At the 2011 census the population was 253.[1] Until 1836 the road from Sydney to Bathurst passed through Hartley, Bowenfels and O'Connell. By the end of 1836 a new road to Bathurst was constructed from Bowenfels, via Rydal and Yetholme.[2]

Yetholme was originally known as Frying Pan.[3]

St Paul's Anglican Church, in Porters Lane, which was opened in May 1868,[4] has an adjacent cemetery with headstone inscriptions dating from 1873.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Yetholme (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ↑ History of infrastructure development in Bathurst. Wikipedia article.
  3. ↑ National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW) Friday 30 May 1890, page 3. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Empire (Sydney) 8 May 1868, page 2. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

Coordinates: 33°27′S 149°50′E / 33.450°S 149.833°E / -33.450; 149.833

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