Inverell is a commercial centre on the Northern Tablelands serving an agricultural region which produces dairy produce, grain, potatoes, fruit, maize, wine grapes and fodder crops, wool, fat lambs and pigs.

Where is it?: New England. Inverell is 668 km north of Sydney on the Gwydir Highway. Altitude 590 metres.

Events: The Inland Fishing Festival is held at Copeton Dam, the Gwydir River, the Macintyre River and Pindari Dam every January.

Nullamanna Fossicking Reserve

The area around Inverell is rich in minerals. Industrial diamonds, zircons and sapphires are mined, deposits of silver, phosphates and bauxite are also present.

Things To See and Do


Tucked away in a huge building on the outskirts of the New England town is one of the country's finest collection of motor vehicles and transport memorabilia. Inverell Transport Museum consists of 120 vehicles and 60 motor cycles, ultra light aircraft, as well as WW2 aircraft engine/cutaways, World war II jeeps and several trucks. The vehicles, many of which are on loan from collectors, are from America, England, Europe and Australia.

Heritage features: Inverell station homestead (c.1840); Presbyterian church (1878); Court House (1886); Aboriginal rock paintings site.


Inverell Pioneer Village, situated on Thunderbolt's Way, just south of Inverell, is a collection of authentic homes and buildings, relocated from their original sites throughout the area. Places of interest in the village include The Grove Homestead, Paddy's Pub, a Blacksmith's Hut, Miner's Hut, Oakwood Hall, the Times Office and the Gooda Cottage, which houses an excellent display of minerals and gemstones.