:Wisemans Creek, New South Wales

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Wisemans Creek

| city =

| state = nsw

| image = 1743 - Mountain View Homestead and General Store (5056446b2).jpg

| caption = Mountain View Homestead and General Store

| coordinates = {{coord|33|37|00|S|149|43|00|E|display=inline,title}}

| pop = 113

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes =

| postcode = 2795

| elevation = 763

| lga = Oberon Shire

| county =

| stategov = Bathurst

| fedgov = Calare

| maxtemp =

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| established =

| dist1 = 190

| dir1 = W

| location1 = Sydney

| dist2 = 33

| dir2 = SSE

| location2 = Bathurst

| dist3 = 67

| dir3 = WSW

| location3 = Lithgow

| dist4 = 21

| dir4 = NW

| location4 = Oberon

| near-nw = Brewongle

| near-n = O'Connell

| near-ne = Locksley

| near-e = Hazelgrove

| near-se = Oberon

| near-s = Essington

| near-sw = Charlton

| near-w = Tannas Mount

}}

Wisemans Creek is a locality in the Oberon Shire of New South Wales, Australia. The area has also been known as Glenburn.{{cite web | url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/place_naming/placename_search/extract?id=SXYbFxKmKW | title=Extract | publisher=Geographical Names Board of NSW | accessdate=7 June 2018}} It had a population of 113 people as of the {{CensusAU|2016}}.{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC14343 | name = Wisemans Creek (State Suburb) | accessdate = 7 June 2018 | quick = on}}

Wisemans Creek Post Office opened on 1 January 1886 and closed on 30 June 1976.{{cite web | url=https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/viewpodet.w?cdpo=18988 | title=Wisemans Creek | publisher=Premier Postal | work=Post Office Reference | accessdate=7 June 2018}} Wisemans Creek Provisional School operated from September 1868 to September 1870.{{cite web | url=https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/our-people-and-structure/history-of-government-schools/school-database-search | title=School history database search | publisher=NSW Department of Education | accessdate=15 June 2018}} It also formerly had a cricket club, debating society and bushfire brigade.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161184986 |title=WISEMAN'S CREEK |newspaper=National Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 November 1945 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156668788 |title=WISEMAN'S CREEK PARS. |newspaper=National Advocate |volume=4 |issue=119 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 February 1893 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article157202237 |title=Wiseman's Creek News |newspaper=National Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 October 1908 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The area has historically been used for mining of copper and gold.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13413957 |title=GEOLOGICAL SURVEYOR'S REPORT. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=LXXVII |issue=12,466 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 May 1878 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238186154 |title=WISEMAN'S CREEK. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |issue=9172 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 October 1908 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} The Black Bullock mine was worked successfully by Windsor Resources during the 1980s and was subject to ongoing drilling from a joint venture in the 1990s; it was still being viewed as a prospect by Heron Resources in 2017.{{cite news | title=Heron Resources Limited - Ardea Resources Limited Project Update | work=ENP Newswire | date=9 January 2017 }}

In June 1970, it was proposed to remove the Wisemans Creek name and refer to the area as Glenburn; however, this was reversed in August that year.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220184087 |title=GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966 |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |issue=77 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 June 1970 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |page=2468 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220164044 |title=GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966 |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |issue=109 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 August 1970 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |page=3481 |via=National Library of Australia}}