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Encyclopedia > Glen Davis, New South Wales
Glen Davis
New South Wales
LGA: City of Lithgow
State District: Bathurst
Federal Division: Calare

Glen Davis is a mostly deserted oil shale ghost town in New South Wales, Australia, in the City of Lithgow. It is located 250 km north-west of Sydney, beside the Capertee River at the eastern rim of the Capertee Valley. Currently the site is privately owned and does not permit access except for weekend tours. “NSW” redirects here. ... Map of Local Government Areas in New South Wales Types of LGAs in New South Wales The Local Government Areas of New South Wales, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government, involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas. ... Lithgow is a Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia that includes Lithgow and its surrounding area. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Bathurst is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Calare is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ... Oil shale Oil shale is a general term applied to a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing significant traces of kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds) that have not been buried for sufficient time to produce conventional fossil fuels. ... “NSW” redirects here. ... Lithgow is a Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia that includes Lithgow and its surrounding area. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ...


Glen Davis can be reached by driving from the Lithgow-Mudgee Rd at Capertee, 50 km from Lithgow, and heading east along an unsealed road for 35-40 km. Lithgow is a city of approximately 18750 persons situated in central-west New South Wales, Australia and is also a Local Government Area. ... Location of Mudgee in New South Wales (red) Mudgee is a town in central New South Wales, Australia. ... Capertee is a village 20km north of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia located on an elevated site (800 metres) above the Capertee valley. ...


The site was featured in a film clip for rock group Wildland, with an apparition of a ghost appearing behind a concrete slab in the background. Nobody in the band or production crew knew of this until they watched the footage back.


See also

Coordinates: 33°07′S, 150°17′E ruins of the original industrial Newnes Newnes located in the Wolgan Valley and part of the Wolemi National Park. ... Wolgan Valley is located to in the Wollemi National Park West of Sydney Australia. ... Wollemi is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 129 km northwest of Sydney. ... Capertee is a village 20km north of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia located on an elevated site (800 metres) above the Capertee valley. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...



 

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