[4] The area now known as Kangiara lies on the traditional lands of Ngunnawal people.

[9][10] It fronted Boorowa River and lay west of modern-day Lachlan Valley Way.

[18] In 1911, two miners were killed in a blasting accident at the mine, another was seriously injured and died later in hospital.

[25] The mines at Kangiara were a well known source of interesting mineral specimens, particularly Pyromorphite but also Malachite.

[38] The village had land allocated for a cemetery in 1909,[4][39][40] but it remains uncertain that it was ever used; burials of Kangiara residents seem to have taken place at nearby Boorawa, Yass, or at All Saints Anglican Church (Tangmangaroo).

By 1915, the village had a Catholic church and a bakery, but its 14 occupied dwellings were described as "scattered" and deteriorating due to mainly being "built in primitive fashion, with iron roof and hessian walls.

[49] The absence of any significant population centres in the area was one factor in the project's approval.

[55] To the south-east, 5.5km from the old village's site, is the Tangmangaroo Anglican church (All Saints) and its cemetery.