Burraga

Burraga is located in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, 47 kilometres south west from Oberon and about 60 km south from Bathurst. It is within Oberon Shire.

The Burraga village developed as the Burraga Copper mines developed. Copper was discovered around 1877 and mining developed but was hampered by poor management and under capitalisation until he mine was purchased by Lewis Lloyd “the copper king” in 1879.

As the mine expanded, workers settled on the nearby land resulting in the reservation of a site for a village in October 1883. A village was surveyed in December 1884 and a formal plan was reserved on the 29th October 1887.

As there were no other industries to provide employment the fortunes of the village rose and fell in line with those of the associated Burraga copper mine. In 1883 it was stated that the mine employed about 200 men and that the population of Burruaga was about 500 persons including 60 children. The town had "the usual businesses" and a Post-Office and a Public School.