Postcode(s) 2369 County Gough Elevation 780 m Local time Sunday 11:43 AM | LGA(s) Inverell Shire State electorate(s) Northern Tablelands Postal code 2369 Federal division Division of New England | |
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Location 603 km (375 mi) N of Sydney
114 km (71 mi) NW of Armidale
17 km (11 mi) SE of Inverell Weather 22°C, Wind NW at 8 km/h, 76% Humidity | ||
Stannifer is a small rural village, on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. The village is situated nine kilometres north of Tingha, New South Wales on the Elsmore Road and is within Inverell Shire. Middle Creek, a tributary of the Macintyre River is nearby.
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Map of Stannifer NSW 2369, Australia
The village is several kilometres from the locality of Old Mill and both are old tin mining villages with remnants of the mining past still visible in places and fossicking still carried on in local creek beds.
The main industries are mining, timber, fossicking and agriculture. Several varieties of gems can be found in the Stannifer fossicking area, including jellybeans, quartz and grass stone.
History
Stannifer Post Office opened on 1 October 1880 and closed in 1973.
References
Stannifer, New South Wales Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA