Bowenfels, New South Wales
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| Coordinates: 33°31′S 150°07′E / 33.517°S 150.117°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 910 m (2,990 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 2,048 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2790 | ||||||||||||
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Bowenfels is a small town on the western outskirts of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia.
Today there are effectively two Bowenfels. Near Lithgow, on the Great Western Highway, is Bowenfels (with the homestead of the valley's first settler, Andrew Brown). About a kilometre south is South Bowenfels. Although both are now essentially suburbs of Lithgow, Bowenfels was, in fact, the first settlement in the valley, pre-dating the existence of Lithgow by nearly 40 years.