Newbridge

History

Newbridge village developed around the railway line and station which was built in 1876. The station was called Back Creek, however, the post office which opened two months later in the same year was called Duramana. To avoid confusion with Duramana on the other side of Bathurst and due to either the large number of Irish settlers in the area reflecting upon Newbridge in Ireland or as the result of the opening of a pedestrian overhead bridge built at the station in the 1870s, the station, post office and village were called Newbridge. During the 1880s, gold and iron was mined in the area. The current village survives in relation to the farming community still present in the area. Buildings in the area that still stand from yesteryear include the Gladstone Hotel (early 1870s), the public school (1877), the original bakehouse (1884), the police station (1890s), the convent (1890), the new post office (1904) and the Catholic Church (1919). On 5 May 2010, a fatal accident occurred 5 km from Newbridge Railway station, involving the Daily XPT and an excavator.

Most-observed species

• Blackberry

  Rubus fruticosus L. · Magnoliopsida
  662
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  645
• Superb Fairywren

  Malurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782) · Aves
  478
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  463
• Crimson Rosella

  Platycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  434
• koala

  Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817) · Mammalia
  428
• Serrated Tussock Grass

  Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Hack. & Arechav. · Liliopsida
  393
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  330

Most recent

• M 4.5 — 2026-04-14
  24 km ENE of Canowindra, Australia
• M 4.4 — 2026-03-11
  17 km ENE of Boorowa, Australia
• M 3 — 2020-11-20
  27 km S of Oberon, Australia
• M 4.2 — 2017-04-13
  23 km WSW of Millthorpe, Australia
• M 3.8 — 2012-06-22
  23 km N of Boorowa, Australia
• M 3 — 2007-08-22
  24 km W of Oakdale, Australia