Village in New South Wales, Australia
Dark Corner is a locality in the central west of New South Wales, Australia and former mining area located between Lithgow and Bathurst just north of the Great Western Highway (Route 32). In the 2016 census, it recorded a population of 17 people.[1]
The area was originally called Mitchell or Mitchell's Creek.[2]
History
The original inhabitants of the area were Aboriginal people, from the Wiradjuri tribe. Although by the time written records of the area were created there were no Aboriginal people living there, Powys notes some archaeological evidence of their occupation in the form of stone axes.[3]
The nearby town of Sunny Corner, New South Wales grew up following the discovery of silver lodes in the area in 1884.[4] This prompted a "rush" to the area,[5][6] which had previously not been settled. Today the main industry of the area is pastoralism and Pine forestry.[7]
It is within City of Lithgow Council Area.[8]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dark Corner (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ Powys, Vicki 1989 Sunny Corner: A Silver Town of the 1880s, Crawford House Press, Bathurst, p107
- ^ Powys p182-183
- ^ Sunny Corner at The Portland, Wallerawang Area Website.
- ^ Lithgow & District Family History Society, Sunny Corner, Meadow Flat, Kirkconnell, Yetholme & Dark Corner. (Lithgow, N.S.W. : Lithgow & District Family History Society, 1987.)
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald, 26 August 1898 page 6.
- ^ Churches, Mary, Growing up at Dark Corner : stories from the childhood of Mary Byers (Bathurst, N.S.W. : Carol Churches, c1993.)
- ^ Dark Corner General Cemetery.
