Yarrabin
Ghost town · Australia
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1851
- Population
- 96
- Coordinates
- -32.594, 149.294
Why it was abandoned
⛏️ Gold rush
Detected automatically from the text: The village of Merrendee was established after the discovery of gold in that area around 1851 and was located approximately 23 miles west of Mudgee.
History
Yarrabin is a ghost town near the junction of the Meroo and Cudgegong rivers in the New South Wales Orana Region. The village of Merrendee was established after the discovery of gold in that area around 1851 and was located approximately 23 miles west of Mudgee. The locality was renamed Yarrabin by postal authorities in 1923.