Newbridge, New South Wales

Newbridge is a village of about 100 residents in New South Wales, Australia in Blayney Shire.

[2] To avoid confusion with Duramana on the other side of Bathurst and due to either the large number of Irish settlers in the area reflecting upon Newbridge in Ireland or as the result of the opening of a pedestrian overhead bridge built at the station in the 1870s, the station, post office and village were called Newbridge.

[4] The current village survives in relation to the farming community still present in the area.

Buildings in the area that still stand from yesteryear include the Gladstone Hotel (early 1870s), the public school (1877), the original bakehouse (1884), the police station (1890s), the convent (1890), the new post office (1904) and the Catholic Church (1919).

On 5 May 2010, a fatal accident occurred 5 km from Newbridge Railway station, involving the Daily XPT and an excavator.

Newbridge Post Office during the early 20th Century.
Newbridge Post Office during the early 20th Century.