Lower Bucca is a tiny hamlet in Northern New South Wales, Australia. It is located North of Coffs Harbour on Bucca Road, off the Pacific Highway

Pacific Highway (Australia)

The Pacific Highway is a major transport route along part of the east coast of Australia and is part of Australia's national route 1.It is 960 km long and links Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, along the coast, via Gosford, Newcastle, Taree, Port...

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History

Lower Bucca was the site of significant gold prospecting

Gold prospecting

Gold prospecting is the act of searching for new gold deposits. Methods used vary with the type of deposit sought and the resources of the prospector...

in the 1800s and remnants of old gold mining shafts exist in the forests around the old school.

Decline

Lower Bucca Primary School closed in 1977 and was probably the last remaining landmark that defined the area. The school has since been converted to a community hall. An earlier and larger community hall (located at the intersection of McClellands Road and Bucca Road a few hundred metres east of the old primary school) fell into disuse around the same time that the school closed and was later demolished. In the late 1970s and early 1980s the old hall was the venue for community Christmas parties and dance nights.

External links

• http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/www/html/1185-lower-bucca-community-hall.asp
• http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/viewpoint/stories/s1409855.htm