Farringdon, New South Wales

Farringdon is a locality in the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is located about 17 km southwest of Braidwood on the western bank of the Shoalhaven River.[2][3] At the 2021 census, it had a population of 21.[1]

Farringdon
New South Wales
Farringdon Crossing over the Shoalhaven River
Farringdon is located in New South Wales
Farringdon
Farringdon
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates35°30′57″S 149°40′02″E
Population21 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2622
Location17 km (11 mi) SW of Braidwood
LGA(s)Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
RegionSouthern Tablelands
CountyMurray
ParishJinero
State electorate(s)Monaro
Federal division(s)Eden-Monaro
Localities around Farringdon:
Palerang Bombay Braidwood
Rossi Farringdon Bendoura
Harolds Cross Harolds Cross Bendoura

The area now known as Farringdon lies on the traditional lands of Walbanga people, a group of Yuin.[4] It was known by early settlers originally as Jinero or Jineroo, a settler rendering of an Aboriginal word. After settler colonisation, the area lay within the Nineteen Counties that were opened to settlement. The name, 'Farringdon' is from an early land grant known as 'Farringdon Park' or just 'Farringdon'.[5] It was by such early land grants that the land in the area was taken from the Walbanga, and what would later be known as native title was extinguished.

Major William Sandys Elrington took up a land grant, known as 'Mount Elrington', in 1827. Elrington had a 29-year military career, including service in the Peninsula War, before selling his commission and migrating to Australia. Elrington sold his land and left Australia for good, in 1846.[6][7]

His former home, still known as 'Mount Elrington', is renowned for its historic garden. The garden was begun by Elrington, who brought many of the trees and shrubs from England. Elrington worked his land using convict labour, and his old home retained its small prison, complete with leg irons, until the early 1920s.[8][9][10]

Farringdon had a "half-time" school from 1867 to 1894.[11]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Farringdon". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. "Farringdon". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. "Farringdon". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. Studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (18 June 2021). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  5. "Advertising". Sydney Herald. 23 April 1838. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  6. "British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815". www.napoleon-series.org. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  7. "HUMBLE REMONSTRANCE OF Robert Howe, UPON THE ACT OF COUNCIL, No. III". Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 9 May 1827. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  8. Upitis, Astrida (September 1996). "Mount Elrington Garden" (PDF). Australian Garden History Society.
  9. "Mount Elrington · 312 Mount Elrington Rd, Farringdon NSW 2622, Australia". Google Maps. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  10. "ROMANCE OF A PIONEER FAMILY". Sunday Times. 16 December 1923. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  11. "Farringdon School in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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