Glen Innes

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Boyd's Plains
The forgotten name for the land around stonehenge about 10 km south of Glen lnnes.

Walker, R. B., Old New England : a history of the northern tablelands of New South Wales, 1818-1900, Sydney, 1966, p.13.


Holpin
Now called Stonehenge because of some similarity to the megaliths on Salibury Plains; about 10 km south of Glen Innes.

Reed, A.W., Place-names of New South Wales : Their Origins and Meanings, Frenchs Forest, 1969, p.72.


Mitehell River
Also known as the Sara, it is now called the Mann River, a tributary of the Clarence.

Appleton, Richard and Barbara, The Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places, Melbourne, 1992, p.184.


The Mole
Now called Torrington after Great Torrington in Devon; about 40km south west of Tenterfield.

Reed, A.W., Place-names of New South Wales : Their Origins and Meanings, Sydney, 1969, p.139.


Vegetable Creek
So named for the many Chinese gardeners. In 1882 it got the more dignified name of Emmaville after the wife of the governor of New South Wales. It is about 20 km north west of Glen Innes.

Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest Book of the Road, Sydney, 1999, p.69.