Brocklesby, New South Wales

Brocklesby, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Brocklesby
state = nsw



caption = Brocklesby community hotel
lga = Greater Hume Shire
postcode = 2642
est =
pop = 439 (within 7km radius) [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AS/2/Brocklesby.html www.fallingrain.com Brocklesby] ]
elevation= 250
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
county = Hume
stategov = Albury
fedgov = Farrer
dist1 = 567
location1= Sydney
dist2 = 45
location2= Albury
dist3 = 22
location3= Howlong
dist4 = 16
location4= Walbundrie [ [http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate] ]

Brocklesby is a small village situated 45 kilometres north west of Albury and 76 kilometres west of Holbrook in Greater Hume Shire Council in the Riverina area of New South Wales. Nearby neighbours are Walbundrie to the north and Howlong to the south.

Historical significance

Brocklesby village was once a main railway centre used for the transportation of grain. Nowadays the grain silos are all that remain and grain is transported by road truck. The area is now characterised by sheep, cattle and grain farmland.

Tom Roberts painted his celebrated masterpiece "Shearing the Rams" at Brocklesby Station (Sheep station) near Corowa, NSW. [ [http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Roberts_shearingrams.htm Tom Roberts & Brocklesby link] ]

Avro Anson plane crash

The area is also infamous for a historical crash landing of two twin-engine Avro Anson training planes which collided overhead and became entangled with one plane sitting on top of the other. The two crew members of the lower plane parachuted to safety whilst Flying Officer Leonard Fuller, the pilot of the top plane undertook a daring and heroic flight of 8 kilometres before belly landing the two planes single-handed in a paddock approximately 4 kilometres from the town. [ [http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/nsw144.htm Avro Anson plane crash including images] ]

Brocklesby today

Brocklesby, although having only a very small population prides itself on having an active community, including a long-standing pigeon club. Town buildings include the public hall, a recreation reserve, local primary school and pre-school, and since 2000 a public hotel which is owned by the Greater Hume Shire Council and operates under a community licence.

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