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{{Infobox Australian place | type = town
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Bogan Gate
| name = Bogan Gate
| state = nsw
| state = nsw
| image = Bogan Gate Bogan Way Sign 001.JPG
| image = Bogan Gate Bogan Way Sign 001.JPG
| caption = Main street of Bogan Gate
| caption = Main street of Bogan Gate
| lga = Parkes Shire
| lga = Parkes Shire
| postcode = 2876
| postcode = 2876
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| pop = 307
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[[File:Bogan Gate Hotel.jpg|thumb|right|Bogan Gate Hotel before it was destroyed by fire in December 1930]]
[[File:Bogan Gate Hotel.jpg|thumb|right|Bogan Gate Hotel before it was destroyed by fire in December 1930]]
'''Bogan Gate''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|oʊ|ɡ|ən|_|ˈ|ɡ|eɪ|t}}<ref>''[[Macquarie Dictionary|Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition]]'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. {{ISBN|1-876429-14-3}}</ref> is a small village in [[Parkes Shire]] of the [[Central West, New South Wales|Central West]] of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. At the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Bogan Gate and the surrounding area had a population of 307.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2011 AUS |id=SSC10260|name=Bogan Gate (State Suburb)|accessdate=9 April 2015|quick=on}}</ref> Bogan Gate is derived from the local [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] word meaning "the birthplace of a notable headman of the local tribe".<ref>{{NSW GNR|id=KWjLWyUl|title=Bogan Gate|accessdate=20 June 2009}}</ref>
'''Bogan Gate''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|oʊ|ɡ|ən|_|ˈ|ɡ|eɪ|t}})<ref>''[[Macquarie Dictionary|Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition]]'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. {{ISBN|1-876429-14-3}}</ref> is a small village in [[Parkes Shire]] of the [[Central West, New South Wales|Central West]] of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. At the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Bogan Gate and the surrounding area had a population of 307.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2011 AUS |id=SSC10260|name=Bogan Gate (State Suburb)|accessdate=9 April 2015|quick=on}}</ref> Bogan Gate is derived from the local [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] word meaning "the birthplace of a notable headman of the local tribe".<ref>{{NSW GNR|id=KWjLWyUl|title=Bogan Gate|accessdate=20 June 2009}}</ref>


The village lies in wheat and sheep growing country and is on the [[Broken Hill railway line|Sydney - Broken Hill rail line]], and it is the junction for the [[Bogan Gate–Tottenham railway line|Bogan Gate–Tottenham]] Branch line.
The village lies in wheat and sheep growing country and is on the [[Broken Hill railway line|Sydney - Broken Hill rail line]], and it is the junction for the [[Bogan Gate–Tottenham railway line|Bogan Gate–Tottenham]] Branch line.
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==History==
==History==
===19th century===
===19th century===
Explorer [[John Oxley]] passed through the area in 1817. An early reference to the name Bogan Gate is in the ''New South Wales Government Gazette'' for 19 May 1876.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223650378/12930131#P12930139 ''New South Wales Government Gazette'', 19 May 1876, supplement, p.1,955]</ref> Tenders were called for the conveyance of mail to Bogan Gate in May 1877.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223759857?searchTerm=%22“Bogan%20gate”%22&searchLimits=notWords|||requestHandler|||anyWords|||exactPhrase=“Bogan+gate”|||dateTo|||dateFrom|||sortby=dateAsc ''New South Wales Government Gazette'', 8 May 1877, p.1844]</ref> Bogan Gate Post Office opened on 15 December 1896.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= | accessdate = 2011-05-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080819030343/https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= | archive-date = 2008-08-19 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
Explorer [[John Oxley]] passed through the area in 1817. An early reference to the name Bogan Gate is in the ''New South Wales Government Gazette'' for 19 May 1876.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223650378/12930131#P12930139 ''New South Wales Government Gazette'', 19 May 1876, supplement, p.1,955]</ref> Tenders were called for the conveyance of mail to Bogan Gate in May 1877.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223759857?searchTerm=%22“Bogan%20gate”%22&searchLimits=notWords|||requestHandler|||anyWords|||exactPhrase=“Bogan+gate”|||dateTo|||dateFrom|||sortby=dateAsc ''New South Wales Government Gazette'', 8 May 1877, p.1844]</ref> Bogan Gate Post Office opened on 15 December 1896.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Phoenix Auctions | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&filter=*Bogan*Gate* | access-date = 18 February 2021 }}</ref>


The arrival of the railway line late in the 19th century transformed Bogan Gate and agriculture in the region. The western line from Sydney reached [[Parkes, New South Wales|Parkes]] and [[Forbes, New South Wales|Forbes]] in 1893.<ref>Gunn, John (1989) ''Along parallel lines; a history of the railways of New South Wales'', Melbourne University Press, p.225. {{ISBN|0522843875}}</ref> When it reached the Bogan Gate area in 1896, the settlement moved south and relocated near the railway station.<ref>[https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/heritagebranch/heritage/thematichistorycentralwest.pdf Kass, Terry (2003) ''A thematic history of the central west; comprising the NSW historical regions of Lachlan and central tablelands'', Sydney, NSW Heritage Office, p.46]</ref> Land for the township was surveyed in 1897 and a public school was built the following year.<ref>Tindall, Ronald T. (1982) ''Parkes: one hundred years of local government'', Council of the Shire of Parkes, p.128. {{ISBN|0959278605}}</ref> The railway station was at the heart of the community and busiest during the [[sheep shearing|shearing]] and harvest times.
The arrival of the railway line late in the 19th century transformed Bogan Gate and agriculture in the region. The western line from Sydney reached [[Parkes, New South Wales|Parkes]] and [[Forbes, New South Wales|Forbes]] in 1893.<ref>Gunn, John (1989) ''Along parallel lines; a history of the railways of New South Wales'', Melbourne University Press, p.225. {{ISBN|0522843875}}</ref> When it reached the Bogan Gate area in 1896,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/238592041?searchTerm=%22“Bogan%20gate”%22&searchLimits=notWords|||requestHandler|||anyWords|||exactPhrase=“Bogan+gate”|||dateTo|||dateFrom|||sortby=dateAsc|||l-decade=189|||l-year=1896 ''The Daily Telegraph'', 2 May 1896, p.5]</ref> the settlement moved south to relocate near the railway station.<ref>[https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/heritagebranch/heritage/thematichistorycentralwest.pdf Kass, Terry (2003) ''A thematic history of the central west; comprising the NSW historical regions of Lachlan and central tablelands'', Sydney, NSW Heritage Office, p.46]</ref> Land for the township was surveyed in 1897 and a public school was built the following year.<ref>Tindall, Ronald T. (1982) ''Parkes: one hundred years of local government'', Council of the Shire of Parkes, p.128. {{ISBN|0959278605}}</ref> The railway station was at the heart of the community and busiest during the [[sheep shearing|shearing]] and harvest times.


The railway made it possible to grow commercial wheat crops in the area. Previously the high cost of transport had made the crop uneconomic in western New South Wales. Also significant in expansion of wheat growing in the region was the practice of [[sharefarming|share farming]], introduced into New South Wales from the United States in 1893.<ref>Gunn, p.235</ref>
The railway made it possible to grow commercial wheat crops in the area. Previously the high cost of transport had made the crop uneconomic in western New South Wales. Also significant in expansion of wheat growing in the region was the practice of [[sharefarming|share farming]], introduced into New South Wales from the United States in 1893.<ref>Gunn, p.235</ref>


===20th century===
===20th century===
By 1903 the town had a [[State school|public school]] with 67 students, a police station, post office, sawmill, general store, butcher, baker, blacksmith and two hotels; the Bogan Gate Hotel (built 1899), which had 17 rooms, and the Railway Hotel.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/112279363?searchTerm=%22“Bogan%20gate”%22&searchLimits=exactPhrase=“Bogan+gate”|||anyWords|||notWords|||requestHandler|||dateFrom|||dateTo|||sortby ''The Western Champion'' (Parkes), 4 September 1903, p.7]</ref> The town experienced a growth spurt in the years immediately after the railway station opened.
The town had a spurt of growth in the years immediately after the railway station opened. By 1903, Bogan Gate had a [[State school|public school]] with 67 students, a police station, post office, sawmill, general store, butcher, baker, blacksmith and two hotels; the Bogan Gate Hotel (built 1899), which had 17 rooms, and the Railway Hotel.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/112279363?searchTerm=%22“Bogan%20gate”%22&searchLimits=exactPhrase=“Bogan+gate”|||anyWords|||notWords|||requestHandler|||dateFrom|||dateTo|||sortby ''The Western Champion'' (Parkes), 4 September 1903, p.7]</ref>


Bogan Gate had a population of 300 when the [[Goobang Shire|Shire of Goobang]] came into existence in 1906.<ref>Tindall, pp.107-8</ref> By the 1920s, there was a general store employing 11 people, [[Stock and station agency|stock and station agencies]], a bank, a doctor's surgery and another hotel.<ref>Tindall, p.108</ref> The [[Great Depression]] forced many residents to move to larger towns and cities in search of work.
Bogan Gate had a population of 300 when the [[Goobang Shire|Shire of Goobang]] came into existence in 1906.<ref>Tindall, pp.107-8</ref> By the 1920s, there was a general store employing 11 people, [[Stock and station agency|stock and station agencies]], a bank, a doctor's surgery and another hotel.<ref>Tindall, p.108</ref> The [[Great Depression]] forced many residents to move in search of work to larger towns and cities.

An explosives testing ground was established near Bogan Gate during [[World War II]].<ref>Kass, p.25 & 65</ref> The site was used by the [[Australian Army]] and [[Royal Australian Air Force]] to store munitions for decades. As of 2014, the former Defence site was leased to several companies.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pearce |first1=Melanie |title=Bomb squad police investigate Bogan Gate explosion |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-24/bogan-gate-pyrotechnics-explosion3a-bomb-squad-investigators/5913350 |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=ABC News |date=24 November 2014}}</ref>


An unusual development in the 1940s was the creation of an explosives testing ground near Bogan Gate during [[World War II]].<ref>Kass, p.25 & 65</ref>
===21st century===
===21st century===
Modern Bogan Gate has a public hall, school, Post Office & hotel/motel.
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A festival and competition to find Australia’s biggest bogan was held in the town in July 2019.<ref>[https://www.parkeschampionpost.com.au/story/6279939/bogans-on-parade-at-first-biggest-bogan-festival-in-shire/ ''Forbes Champion-Post'', 18 July 2019]</ref>

Recreational facilities include Burrawang Park, & a nine-hole golf course and night-lit tennis courts.

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A festival, that included a competition to find “Australia’s Biggest [[Bogan]],” was held in the town in July 2019.<ref>[https://www.parkeschampionpost.com.au/story/6279939/bogans-on-parade-at-first-biggest-bogan-festival-in-shire/ ''Forbes Champion-Post'', 18 July 2019]</ref>

==Notable residents==
* [[William Keast (New South Wales politician)|William Keast]] (1872−1938), politician
* [[Lu Rees]] (1901−1983), bookseller and book collector
* [[Jim Taylor (politician)|Jim Taylor]] (1920−2005), politician
* [[Ian Walsh (rugby league)|Ian Walsh]] (1933−2013), rugby league player


==References==
==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141126054534/http://www.parkes.nsw.gov.au/tourism-parkes/towns-in-the-shire-parkes/bogan-gate Parkes Shire's entry on Bogan Gate]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141126054534/http://www.parkes.nsw.gov.au/tourism-parkes/towns-in-the-shire-parkes/bogan-gate Parkes Shire's entry on Bogan Gate]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130421084939/http://gate.bogangate.com/ The Bogan Gate "Gate"]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130421084939/http://gate.bogangate.com/ The Bogan Gate "Gate"]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Bvm-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA164&dq=“Bogan+gate”&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsqtO4ppTnAhWXX30KHW6rDR8Q6AEISTAF#v=onepage&q=“Bogan%20gate”&f=false Bogan gate, a type of gate roughly made from droppers and fencing wire]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=Bvm-DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Bogan+gate%22&pg=PA164 A bogan gate, a type of gate roughly made from droppers and fencing wire]


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:Bogan Gate General Store.JPG|General Store at Bogan gate
File:Bogan Gate General Store.JPG|General Store at Bogan gate
File:Bogan Gate Park 001.JPG|Bogan gate park
File:Bogan Gate Park 001.JPG|Bogan gate park
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File:Bogan Gate Uniting Church 001.JPG|Uniting Church
File:Bogan Gate Anglican Church 001.JPG|Anglican Church
File:Bogan Gate Anglican Church 001.JPG|Anglican Church
File:BoganGateRomanCatholicChurch.JPG|Roman Catholic Church
File:BoganGateRomanCatholicChurch.JPG|Roman Catholic Church
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File:Bogan Gate Public Hall 001.JPG|Bogan Gate Public Hall
File:Bogan Gate Public Hall 001.JPG|Bogan Gate Public Hall
File:Bogan Gate Public School 001.JPG|Bogan Gate Public School
File:Bogan Gate Public School 001.JPG|Bogan Gate Public School
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File:Bogan Gate Uniting Church 001.JPG|Bogan Gate Uniting Church
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[[File:Bogan Gate Uniting Church 001.JPG|alt=Bogan Gate Uniting Church|thumb]]
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Bogan Gate
New South Wales
Main street of Bogan Gate
Bogan Gate is located in New South Wales
Bogan Gate
Bogan Gate
Coordinates33°07′0″S 147°49′0″E / 33.11667°S 147.81667°E / -33.11667; 147.81667
Population269 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2876
Elevation235 m (771 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Parkes Shire
State electorate(s)Orange
Federal division(s)Calare
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
48 °C
118 °F		 12 °C
54 °F		 ?
Bogan Gate Hotel before it was destroyed by fire in December 1930

Bogan Gate (/ˈboʊɡən ˈɡeɪt/)[2] is a small village in Parkes Shire of the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2011 census, Bogan Gate and the surrounding area had a population of 307.[1] Bogan Gate is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "the birthplace of a notable headman of the local tribe".[3]

The village lies in wheat and sheep growing country and is on the Sydney - Broken Hill rail line, and it is the junction for the Bogan Gate–Tottenham Branch line.

Attractions include the annual Bogan Gate Arts Festival and golf tournaments at the local nine-hole Bogan Gate Golf Club.[4]

History

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19th century

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Explorer John Oxley passed through the area in 1817. An early reference to the name Bogan Gate is in the New South Wales Government Gazette for 19 May 1876.[5] Tenders were called for the conveyance of mail to Bogan Gate in May 1877.[6] Bogan Gate Post Office opened on 15 December 1896.[7]

The arrival of the railway line late in the 19th century transformed Bogan Gate and agriculture in the region. The western line from Sydney reached Parkes and Forbes in 1893.[8] When it reached the Bogan Gate area in 1896,[9] the settlement moved south to relocate near the railway station.[10] Land for the township was surveyed in 1897 and a public school was built the following year.[11] The railway station was at the heart of the community and busiest during the shearing and harvest times.

The railway made it possible to grow commercial wheat crops in the area. Previously the high cost of transport had made the crop uneconomic in western New South Wales. Also significant in expansion of wheat growing in the region was the practice of share farming, introduced into New South Wales from the United States in 1893.[12]

20th century

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The town had a spurt of growth in the years immediately after the railway station opened. By 1903, Bogan Gate had a public school with 67 students, a police station, post office, sawmill, general store, butcher, baker, blacksmith and two hotels; the Bogan Gate Hotel (built 1899), which had 17 rooms, and the Railway Hotel.[13]

Bogan Gate had a population of 300 when the Shire of Goobang came into existence in 1906.[14] By the 1920s, there was a general store employing 11 people, stock and station agencies, a bank, a doctor's surgery and another hotel.[15] The Great Depression forced many residents to move in search of work to larger towns and cities.

An explosives testing ground was established near Bogan Gate during World War II.[16] The site was used by the Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force to store munitions for decades. As of 2014, the former Defence site was leased to several companies.[17]

21st century

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Modern Bogan Gate has a public hall, school, Post Office & hotel/motel.

Recreational facilities include Burrawang Park, & a nine-hole golf course and night-lit tennis courts.

A festival, that included a competition to find “Australia’s Biggest Bogan,” was held in the town in July 2019.[18]

Notable residents

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Bogan Gate (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 April 2015. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. ISBN 1-876429-14-3
  3. ^ "Bogan Gate". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2009. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Parkes Shire Council: About the Shire: Bogan Gate Archived August 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ New South Wales Government Gazette, 19 May 1876, supplement, p.1,955
  6. ^ New South Wales Government Gazette, 8 May 1877, p.1844
  7. ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  8. ^ Gunn, John (1989) Along parallel lines; a history of the railways of New South Wales, Melbourne University Press, p.225. ISBN 0522843875
  9. ^ The Daily Telegraph, 2 May 1896, p.5
  10. ^ Kass, Terry (2003) A thematic history of the central west; comprising the NSW historical regions of Lachlan and central tablelands, Sydney, NSW Heritage Office, p.46
  11. ^ Tindall, Ronald T. (1982) Parkes: one hundred years of local government, Council of the Shire of Parkes, p.128. ISBN 0959278605
  12. ^ Gunn, p.235
  13. ^ The Western Champion (Parkes), 4 September 1903, p.7
  14. ^ Tindall, pp.107-8
  15. ^ Tindall, p.108
  16. ^ Kass, p.25 & 65
  17. ^ Pearce, Melanie (24 November 2014). "Bomb squad police investigate Bogan Gate explosion". ABC News. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  18. ^ Forbes Champion-Post, 18 July 2019
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Media related to Bogan Gate, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons

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    Bogan Gate Post office
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    Bogan gate CWA Rooms
  • Bogan gate Police Station
    Bogan gate Police Station
  • Bogan gate Rural Fire Service
    Bogan gate Rural Fire Service
  • Bogan Gate RSL CWA and Red Cross rooms
    Bogan Gate RSL CWA and Red Cross rooms
  • General Store at Bogan gate
    General Store at Bogan gate
  • Bogan gate park
    Bogan gate park
  • Anglican Church
    Anglican Church
  • Roman Catholic Church
    Roman Catholic Church
  • Bogan Gate Pioneer Monument
    Bogan Gate Pioneer Monument
  • Bogan Gate War Memorial
    Bogan Gate War Memorial
  • Bogan Gate Public Hall
    Bogan Gate Public Hall
  • Bogan Gate Public School
    Bogan Gate Public School
  • Bogan Gate Uniting Church
    Bogan Gate Uniting Church
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