Bigga is a village in western New South Wales. It is in the Parish of Bigga, County of Georgiana. The name Bigga is thought to originate as a shortened version of Biggs Grant. Commissioner Biggs granted 640 acres (2.6 km²) to Thomas McGuiness (http://genealogy.wikicities.com/Thomas_Maginnis_(1810-1862)). Bigga is on the western side of the Abercrombie Mountains, it is 45 km Norh West of Goulburn and south-east of Cowra. Nearby towns are: Abercrombie, Binda, Greenmantle, Grabine, Reid's Flat, and Tuena. Neaby places are: Blanket Flat and Crooked Corner. These places were once towns. It is located at Latitude 34° 04' 54" and longitude 149° 09' 04". A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the acre. ... Goulburn (New South Wales, Australia) is a quiet provincial city characterised by a particularly long main street. ... Cowra is a town and Local Government Area in the central west of New South Wales, Australia. ... Abercrombie (1975 _ 2000) was a bay harness racing horse by Silent Majority out of Bergdorf by Duane Hanover. ... Greenmantle is the second of the Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1916. ... Latitude, denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Map of Earth showing curved lines of longitude Longitude, sometimes denoted λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ...

Bigga is noted for producing some of the world's finest superfine wool. Long and short hair wool at the South Central Family Farm Research Center in Boonesville, AR Wool is the fiber derived from the hair of domesticated animals, usually sheep. ...

The earliest explorer into the Bigga area was James Meehan who passed through in April 1820, travelling from Mount McDonald to Bathurst, via what was then called the Fish River, but today is known as the Lachlan River. The first offical land sale in the region was of 1000 acres (4 km²) at Sandy Creek to Samuel Blackman (http://genealogy.wikicities.com/wiki/Samuel_A_Blackman_%281790-1843%29) in 1835. Sandy Creek was one of the first fine wool farms in ths district. During the 1850s there was a land boom and numerous families added to the three original families of the area: the McGuinesses, Blackmans and the Hearnes. After this the area again did not attract new settlers until the 1880s. Bigga village was proclaimed in 1892. In May 1896 a Bigga and Blanket Flat progress association was formed. 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Lachlan River is a significant river in central New South Wales, Australia. ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution... Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• Hillcreston Park superfine stud (http://www.hillcrestonpark.com.au/body_history.html)
• Markdale - An original selection held by James Hearne (http://www.markdale.com/)
• Bigga Public School (http://www.bigga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/)