Sallys Flat, New South Wales
Sallys Flat is a locality in the Australian state of New South Wales.
| Sallys Flat New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Sallys Flat Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery | |||||||||||||||
  Sallys Flat | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33.00°S 149.567°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1872 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2850[1] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Bathurst Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bathurst | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Calare[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Sallys Flat was a small gold-mining village established in 1872 at the same time as nearby Hill End boomed during the New South Wales gold rush. It produced gold for many years but was not a large producer. It is now a farming area.
In late 2015, Sallys Flat was one of six locations on an Australian Government shortlist for a nuclear waste repository.[3] However the Government soon found the idea unpopular with locals[2] and removed Sallys Flat from the list.[4]
References
- "Sallys Flat". Australia Post. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- Woodburn, Joanna (13 November 2015). "Sallys Flat should be removed from nuclear waste shortlist, residents say". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- Doran, Matthew; Henderson, Anna (14 November 2015). "Six sites shortlisted for Australia's first nuclear waste dump; Government faces battle to convince locals worried over safety". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- Dole, Nick (30 January 2016). "Hill End nuclear waste dump ruled out due to community opposition". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
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