Wyrallah, New South Wales is a historical village in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

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. It is located within the City of Lismore

City of Lismore

The City of Lismore is a local government area in New South Wales, Australia. Its primary city, Lismore is a major regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the state.-Demographics:...

 local government area.

The village is located on the east bank of the Wilsons River

Wilsons River (New South Wales)

The Wilsons River is a river in northern New South Wales. It was formerly known as Wilsons Creek and the North Arm of the Richmond River. It flows into the Richmond River proper at Coraki. Wilsons Creek was named after William Wilson, the first settler in Lismore, in the period 1844-5. In 1976 it...

 and a nearby hill. It is also situated on Wyrallah Road generally midway between Lismore

Lismore

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 and Woodburn

Woodburn

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. This route is often used as a shortcut for people travelling on 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...

 between Woodburn and Bangalow

Bangalow, New South Wales

Bangalow is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in Byron Shire with a population of 1,327. The town is 765 km north of Sydney and 167 km south of Brisbane, just off the Pacific Highway...

.

Wyrallah in 1865 was the first location in the Richmond River valley to have a significant permanent sawmill

Sawmill

A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards.-Sawmill process:A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of hundreds of years ago; a log enters on one end and dimensional lumber exits on the other end....

. A large proportion of the timber for which was sourced from the nearby Big Scrub

Big Scrub

The Big Scrub was the largest area of subtropical lowland rainforest in eastern Australia. It was intensively cleared for agricultural use in the 19th century by colonists...

rainforest. It was also an important stopping off point for river transport along the Wilsons River which was then known as the North Arm of the Richmond River.