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'{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Bogan Gate | state = nsw | image = Bogan Gate Bogan Way Sign 001.JPG | caption = Main street of Bogan Gate | lga = Parkes Shire | postcode = 2876 | est = | pop = 307 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS"/> | elevation = 235 | coordinates = {{coord|33|07|0|S|147|49|0|E|display=inline,title}} | maxtemp = 48 | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Orange|Orange]] | fedgov = [[Division of Calare|Calare]] | dist1 = 42 | dir1 = W | location1 = [[Forbes, New South Wales|Forbes]] | dist2 = 189 | dir2 = SW | location2 = [[Dubbo]] | dist3 = 38 | dir3 = W | location3 = [[Parkes, New South Wales|Parkes]] | dist4 = 65 | dir4 = E | location4 = [[Condobolin]] | dist5 = 392 | dir5 = W | location5 = [[Sydney]] }} [[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> 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. Attractions include the annual Bogan Gate Arts Festival and golf tournaments at the local nine-hole Bogan Gate Golf Club.<ref>[http://www.parkes.nsw.gov.au/about/1009/1026.html Parkes Shire Council: About the Shire: Bogan Gate] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819142718/http://www.parkes.nsw.gov.au/about/1009/1026.html |date=August 19, 2006 }}</ref> ==History== ===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 = 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,<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> ===20th century=== 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 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> ===21st century=== Modern Bogan Gate has a public hall, school, police station, churches, hotel/motel/general store garage and a take-away food store. Recreational facilities include Burrawang Park, a craft shop in the old railway station, 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.<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 * Mitchell Coombs - podcast host and media personality ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == {{commons category-inline|Bogan Gate, New South Wales}} *[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://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> File:BoganGatePostOffice.JPG|Bogan Gate Post office File:BoganGateCWARooms.JPG|Bogan gate CWA Rooms File:Bogan Gate Police Station.JPG|Bogan gate Police Station File:Bogan Gate Rural Fire Service Shed.JPG|Bogan gate Rural Fire Service File:Bogan Gate CWA RSL & Red Cross Building 002.JPG|Bogan Gate RSL CWA and Red Cross rooms File:Bogan Gate General Store.JPG|General Store at Bogan gate File:Bogan Gate Park 001.JPG|Bogan gate park File:Bogan Gate Uniting Church 001.JPG|Uniting Church File:Bogan Gate Anglican Church 001.JPG|Anglican Church File:BoganGateRomanCatholicChurch.JPG|Roman Catholic Church File:Bogan Gate Pioneer Monument 001.JPG|Bogan Gate Pioneer Monument File:Bogan Gate War Memorial 005.JPG|Bogan Gate War Memorial 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 Uniting Church 001.JPG|Bogan Gate Uniting Church </gallery> {{Parkes Shire}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in New South Wales]] [[Category:Towns in the Central West (New South Wales)]]'