Nymagee
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Nymagee
| state = nsw
| image = Nymagee Town Centre.JPG
| caption = Nymagee, with the Metropolitan Hotel on the right
| lga = Cobar Shire Council
| postcode = 2831
| pop = 100
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC13047|name=Nymagee (State Suburb) |accessdate=21 March 2018|quick=on}}
| elevation= 260
| coordinates = {{coord|32|07|S|146|32|E|display=inline,title}}
| stategov = Barwon
| fedgov = Parkes
| dist1 = 618
| location1= Sydney
}}
Nymagee is a small town in the north west of New South Wales, {{convert|618|km|mi}} north west of Sydney, {{convert|130|km|mi}} south west of Nyngan and {{convert|89|km|mi}} south of Cobar. It is in the Shire of Cobar, The State Government area of Barwon and the Federal Government area of Parkes. At the 2016 census, Nymagee had a population of 101.
An area, COP4, of {{convert|2070061|ha}} around Nymagee has also been designated as an IBRA biogeographic subregion of the Cobar Peneplain biogeographic region.
History
Nymagee was originally a copper mining town and in its peak supported a population of over 2200, half of those being Chinese migrants.{{cite web |url=http://www.yamasa.org/member/declan/nymagee.html |title=Nymagee, NSW - declan.tv |website=www.yamasa.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207033130/http://www.yamasa.org/member/declan/nymagee.html |archive-date=2005-02-07}}{{Cite news|date=1888-05-19|title=In and Around Nymagee.|pages=24|work=Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71097630|access-date=2020-11-08}} However, when the mine closed in 1917, most of the residents left. By 1949, the inhabitants were thinking of Nymagee as a 'ghost town', even though it still possessed a hall, racecourse and social and sports clubs.{{Cite news|date=1949-11-25|title=NYMAGEE–GHOST TOWN|pages=14|work=Forbes Advocate (NSW : 1911 - 1954)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218700412|access-date=2020-10-11}}
Nymagee had a market garden cultivated by Tong Mow, until ill health forced him to stop in 1920.{{Cite news |date=1920-01-20 |title=Advertising |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136903547 |access-date=2024-10-09 |work=Western Age |pages=2}}
In 1999 local residents started an outback music festival to increase tourism and residents in the town. The first festival was visited by 600 tourists and the festival has since increased Nymagee's tourism by 60% and significantly increased the number of permanent residents{{Cite web |url=http://nymageemusicfestival.com.au/about/ |title=About | Nymagee Outback Music Festival 2009 |access-date=29 October 2009 |archive-date=24 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091024132517/http://nymageemusicfestival.com.au/about/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/rural_regional/programs/ngee.html |title=communitybuilders.nsw: ARRAY(0x8797394): Nymagee's Story |website=www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030727201814/http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/rural_regional/programs/ngee.html |archive-date=2003-07-27}}
Nymagee is also home to the fictional character "Clancy" from the poem "Clancy of the Overflow", written by the famous bush poet Banjo Paterson. The sheep station "The Overflow" featured in the poem is situated about {{convert|32|km|mi}} south east of Nymagee.
Mining approval
In March 2023, approval was obtained for a mine just outside Nymagee.{{cite web | url=https://www.miragenews.com/mining-approvals-secure-around-750-regional-jobs-959237/ | title=Mining approvals secure around 750 regional jobs | date=3 March 2023 }}{{Cite web | url=https://www.nswnationals.org.au/mining-approvals-secure-around-750-regional-jobs/ | title=Mining approvals secure around 750 regional jobs | access-date=2024-06-13 | website=www.nswnationals.org.au}}
References
External links
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- [https://smedg.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ken%20McQueen%20Nymagee%20Copper%20-Birth,%20Death%20&%20Resurrection.pdf Nymagee copper: Birth, death and resurrection?] Paper by Ken McQueen, University of Canberra, Journal of Australasian Mining History, Vol. 15, 2017
- Nymagee Centenary 1879-1979 - A short history of Nymagee, compiled by the Nymagee Centenary Committee
{{Cobar Shire|state=expanded}}
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Category:Mining towns in New South Wales
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