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Wilberforce, New South Wales

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Opened around 1970, the village contains a number of buildings from the surrounding area which were physically transported to the site. Among them is 'Rose Cottage'; the oldest timber slab cottage in Australia standing on its original site.
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Relocated to a position in front of the schoolhouse, the grave marks the death of a child bitten by a snake on a nearby property. Grave moved on 5 December 1960 by the Hawkesbury Historical Society.
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This cemetery sits on Old Sackville Road, near the intersection with Singleton Road (Putty Road). There are a number of graves of the area's pioneers; notably the somewhat unusual Table Slab Grave.
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This is the original town square proclaimed by Macquarie, and still retains its original relationship with the schoolhouse, cemetery and townships. In the park itself is the
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The historic St John's Anglican Church was designed by Edmund Thomas Blacket and built by J. Atkinson of
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Wilberforce is one of the original settlements established as a township by
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Wilberforce un marked is on north side of River opposite Pitt Town
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Wilberforce has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
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The Macquarie towns | State Library of New South Wales
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Macquarie Schoolhouse (1819) and St John's Church (1859)
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Sacred to the Memory - A Study of Wilberforce Cemetery.
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St John's Anglican Church and Macquarie Schoolhouse
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Sydney
New South Wales
Wilberforce is located in New South Wales
Coordinates
33°33′34″S 150°50′26″E / 33.55944°S 150.84056°E / -33.55944; 150.84056
2021 census
Postcode(s)
Sydney CBD
LGA(s)
City of Hawkesbury
State electorate(s)
Hawkesbury
Federal division(s)
Macquarie
Suburbs
East Kurrajong
East Kurrajong
Ebenezer
Glossodia
Freemans Reach
South Maroota
Freemans Reach
Pitt Town
Maraylya
New South Wales
Australia
local government area
City of Hawkesbury
Sydney
Hawkesbury River

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