The Channon, New South Wales
''The Channon'' is a village in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales, Australia. It is about 18 kilometres northwest of Lismore and about 21 km from Nimbin, NSW. It is part of the City of Lismore. The name of the village, Channon, comes from a local Aboriginal term for the Burrawang palm, a type of cycad that proliferates along the ridgelines in the area. The Channon family have always maintained an oral history that two ancestors, Thomas Channon and James Channon were in this area assaying for gold. They had both been active in the Adelong goldfields (Thomas topping the gold yield there in 1859, and being a partner in the Great Western Battery, used for stamping the gold from quartz); he then applied for a claim in Gympie (the Lucknow Reef claim) on 26 Feb 1868. One of the main streets of Gympie is Channon Street, declared such in 1870, to honour the Channon brothers contribution to Gympie. They also had major gold mines in West Wyalong ("True Blue" and "Brillia ...
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