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Baryulgil - Fast Facts
Tiny settlement created to remove Aborigines from asbestos poisoning.
Baryulgil (pronounced Bay-ul-gil), like Malabugilmah, is a tiny Aboriginal settlement located 72 km north-west of Grafton, 112 km from Casino and 712 km north-east of Sydney. It is not easy to reach. From Grafton it is necessary to head north on Summerland Way, towards Casino. Just past Koolkhan branch north-west to Mountain View and beyond to Coaldale (38 km from Grafton) and Baryulgil.
Coaldale and Baryulgil are located on a line of road surveyed in 1859. The residents of Grafton funded this survey in order to establish a new dray route from Tenterfield via Tabulam due to concerns at the growing tendency of woolgrowers to cart their produce to Lawrence.
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