About Bulahdelah
Bulahdelah is a town in the MidCoast Council area on the Mid North Coast, 235 km north of Sydney, along the eastern and northern banks of the Myall River, about 480 m east of where the Myall and Crawford rivers meet. The eastern part of the township is built at the foot of the Alum Mountain.
The name is the Worimi people’s “Boolah Dillah”, meaning “the Great Rock”, for the 292-metre mountain. Its official name is Bulahdelah Mountain, though it is commonly known as the Alum Mountain.
How Bulahdelah got here
A few dates and facts that shaped the place.
1878
Alunite is mined on the mountain from 1878 to 1927, with a refinery, the Alum Works, built to extract alum.
1892
The timber bridge across the Myall River is opened on 28 July; a concrete bridge replaces it in 1969.
1970
The Bulahdelah tornado sweeps through forests just north of town, Australia’s most destructive tornado on record.
More about Bulahdelah
Mining resumed on the mountain from 1934 to 1952, and ceased as it became less profitable; in 1979 NSW State Forests took over its management. A lookout is reached by walking trails and car access, with views from Cabbage Tree Mountain to the coast.
The Bulahdelah Bridge, which opened in November 1969, was part of the Pacific Highway until the town was bypassed in July 2013.
Where is Bulahdelah?
Bulahdelah is in the MidCoast Council area on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.
Nearby towns with hubs on OurHub, with straight-line distances: Bungwahl (22 km east), Stroud (23 km west), Coolongolook (24 km north-east), Smiths Lake (26 km east).
What the Bulahdelah directory lists
To eat and drink: Cafe on Main, Detours Cafe, Plough Inn Hotel, Robyn's Cafe. Shops and services: Bulahdelah LPO. For health: Bulahdelah Pharmacy, Bulahelah Health Campus. Halls and community places: Bulahdelah Library.
Parks, beaches and recreation: Bulahdelah Bowling Club, Bulahdelah Golf Course, Bulahdelah Memorial Swimming Pool, Wade Park. Schools and learning: Bulahdelah Central School, St Joseph's Primary School. Churches: Bulahdelah Uniting Church, St Brigid's Catholic Church, St John's Anglican Church. Emergency services: Bulahdelah Police Station, Bulahdelah Rural Fire Brigade.
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Photo: “Bulahdelah Rock - panoramio” by Annette Teng (CC BY 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Town facts: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the Australian Bureau of Statistics census. Straight-line distances are worked out from the hub’s coordinates. Directory locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).