Burrawang

Postcode: 2577

Burrawang is a small village in the Southern Highlands NSW. Burrawang's population is 1634 (Census 2001) (including Wildes Meadow.) Burrawang is truly an Aussie village. A number of the cottages and churches in the area date right back to colonial times. It is situated high on a hill midway between two spectacular reservoirs, the Wingecarribee and the Fitzroy. We are 750m above sea level; so you might need to rug up in winter. But, whatever the weather Burrawang attracts tourist, fresh air lovers, bush walkers or picnickers all year round.

History- At the time of white settlement in NSW, the Wadi Wadi tribe of Aborigines occupied the Burrawang (Yarrawa) area. The British naval surgeon Charles Throsby (1777 to 1828), became settler in the colony in 1802 at the age of 31 and from 1804 served in the colonial medical establishment in the Newcastle area until 1809. He displayed that early pioneering spirit of versatility as he also became an explorer, grazier and later legislator. He, along with his 58 year old assistant Joseph Wild were mapping what is now known as the Moss Vale and Sutton Forest area and were commissioned to find an overland route from there to Jervis Bay as well as to plan and oversee the construction of a road to Goulburn Plains.

Throsby became the first landowner in what is now the Southern Highlands area in 1819 developing a cattle station which is now a museum open for public inspection called Throsby Park just off the Illawarra Highway in Moss Vale. This extremely capable pioneer became a member of the Legislative Council in 1825.

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