Running Stream, New South Wales

Running Stream is a locality in New South Wales, Australia. It is named after the creek flowing through the area. Running Stream is accessed on the Castlereagh Highway. The bus stop near the intersection with Mount Vincent Road is serviced several times a day by buses operated by NSW TrainLink departing from Lithgow railway station towards Gulgong, New South Wales.[2][3]

Running Stream
New South Wales
Running Stream is located in New South Wales
Running Stream
Running Stream
Coordinates33°02′S 149°54′E / 33.03°S 149.90°E / -33.03; 149.90
Population134 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2850
Location61 km (38 mi) northwest of Lithgow
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Bathurst
Federal division(s)Calare
Localities around Running Stream:
Ilford Brogans Creek
Sofala Running Stream[1] Bogee
Upper Turon Palmers Oaky Round Swamp, Capertee

Running Stream has a cafe, public telephone and postbox facing the Castlereagh Highway. It has a community hall and previously had a primary school.[4] The community today is primarily farming, however historically there have been a number of mines in the vicinity These included the Cherry Tree Hill deep lead underground gold mine operated in the 1930s and Razorback Mine operated around 1876 to 1903 and 1910.[5]

A stone church and small cemetery off New Olivers Road have local heritage listing.[6] The church building was St John's Union Church opened in 1906 but not presently in use.[7] Headstones in the cemetery are dated from 1859 to 1983.[8] the building continues to house historic records.[9]

The bounded locality of Running Stream includes a historic locality named Cherry Tree Hill towards Ilford. The gazetted locality of Cherry Tree Hill is in a different region of New South Wales, north of Inverell.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Running Stream". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 May 2022.  
  2. ^ "Sydney to Running Stream". Rome2Rio. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ Google. "Lithgow station to Gulgong" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
  4. ^ Tomazin, Alanna (16 January 2019). "Funds announced for Running Stream community hall upgrade". Lithgow Mercury. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Running Stream, Roxburgh Co., New South Wales, Australia". Mindat.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Search results for locality of Running Stream". State Heritage Inventory. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  7. ^ "St John's Union Church". Australia's Christian Heritage. Churches Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Running Stream". Australian Cemeteries Index. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  9. ^ "St Johns Union Church Running Stream". Australian Museums and Galleries. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2022.