Gubbata is a locality in the Central West region of

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. The locality is in the

Bland Shire Bland Shire is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. it covers an area of . As at the the population was 5,995. It is a member of the League of Extraordinary Communities which was established by Dull, Pe ...

local government area

west West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

of the state capital, Sydney. The area now known as Gubbata, lies on the traditional lands of the

Wiradjuri The Wiradjuri people (; ) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. They survived as skilled hunter-fisher-gatherers, in family groups or clans, a ...

people. The name, Gubbata, is most likely a settler rendering of an Aboriginal language word. The Village of Gubbata was proclaimed in December 1930, around the time that the surrounding area was opened up for farming and the railway line was opened.Gubbat
station
Some of the new farming blocks were reserved for soldier settlers. It never grew to the expectations held for it in the early 1930s, Nonetheless, there was a small settlement established there. It is on the

Naradhan Railway Line The Naradhan railway line is a railway line in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It branches from Ungarie on the Lake Cargelligo line and heads in a westerly direction, passing through Youngareen and Kikoira, to the small town of Naradha ...

. The station opened 11 Feb 1929 and closed to passengers 4 May 1975. There was a siding with a loading bank, but the nearest bulk grain silo was built adjacent to the next station, at

Kikoira Kikoira is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Bland Shire local government area west of the state capital, Sydney. The Kikoira area produces wheat and wool and between 1939 and 1970 was home to ...

, in 1933. Gubbata had a public school, from June 1934 to 1946, and again, from September 1961 to February 1983. It also had a post office, by 1934, which closed on 31 July 1981. Like many small communities, it had a public hall. Mines in the area included two underground gold mines, the Blairgowrie Mine and the Gubbata Mine just off the Naradhan Road. However, the discovery of tin nearer to the neighbouring village of Kikoira, in 1938, led to that village becoming a larger and longer-lasting settlement than Gubbata. Little now remains of the village. As the village was surveyed and only partially settled, the native scrub in the village reserve was left largely intact while the surrounding area was cleared for

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled peop ...

. This remnant area is the basis of the Gubbata Nature Reserve. The reserve is dominated by pointed mallee,

congoo mallee ''Eucalyptus dumosa'', commonly known as the white mallee, dumosa mallee, or Congoo mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to south eastern Australia. It usually has rough, flaky grey bark on the lower trunk, smooth bark above, lance-shap ...

and

yorrel ''Eucalyptus yilgarnensis'', commonly known as yorrell or yorrel, is a species of mallee, rarely a small tree, that is endemic to Western Australia. It usually has rough bark on the trunk, smooth bark above, linear to narrow elliptical or narr ...

. Some

spinifex Spinifex may refer to: * Spinifex (coastal grass), ''Spinifex'' (coastal grass), a genus of grasses growing on coastal dunes in Asia and Australasia * Triodia (plant), ''Triodia'' (plant), a genus of grasses of inland Australia, commonly known as '' ...

and scrub

cypress Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae. The word ''cypress'' is derived from Old French ''cipres'', which was imported from Latin ''cypressus'', the la ...

are also present. "The reserve is managed to maintain the sample of mallee habitats in an area that is largely cleared, which requires minimal visitation." Gubbata's highest recorded

temperature Temperature is a physical quantity that expresses quantitatively the perceptions of hotness and coldness. Temperature is measured with a thermometer. Thermometers are calibrated in various temperature scales that historically have relied on ...

is 46.2° C and its lowest -4.8 °C.

Rainfall Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water ...

is between and year round.,Gubbata Nature Reserve - Climate
/ref> and an altitude of about above

sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardise ...

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Map of Parish of Blairgowrie, County of Dowling (NSW Dept. of Lands)
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