What is Carcoar, New South Wales?
{{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Carcoar | state = nsw | image = AUS NSW Carcoar Belubula Street.jpg | caption = Belubula Street | coordinates = {{coord|33|36|S|149|08|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = right | lga = [[Blayney Shire Council|Blayney Shire]] | fedgov = [[Division of Calare|Calare]] | postcode = 2791 | est = 1839 | pop = 218| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2006Y>{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL117800|name=Carcoar (L) (urban centre/locality)|accessdate=28 June 2009|quick=on}}</ref> | elevation= 720 | maxtemp = 20.9 | mintemp = 6.6 | rainfall = 784.6 | stategov = [[Electoral district of Bathurst|Bathurst]] | dist1 = 258 | location1= [[Sydney]] | dist2 = 52 | location2= [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]] }} '''Carcoar''' is a town in [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. It is in the [[Blayney Shire Council|Blayney Shire]]. In 2006, 218 people lived in Carcoar. It next to the [[Mid-Western Highway]], {{convert|258|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} west of [[Sydney]] and {{convert|52|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} south west of [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]]. It is {{convert|720|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} above [[sea-level]]. Carcoar is in a small green valley, with the town on both sides of the [[Belubula River]]. Carcoar was once one of the most important government centres in Western New South Wales. The town has been classified by the [[National Trust of Australia|National Trust]]. This is because it has a lot of buildings from the 1800s. Carcoar is a [[Indigenous Australian|Aboriginal]] word from the [[Gundungura]] people meaning either ''[[frog]]'' or ''[[kookaburra]]''. Nearby towns are [[Blayney, New South Wales|Blayney]], [[Millthorpe, New South Wales|Millthorpe]], [[Mandurama, New South Wales|Mandurama]], [[Neville, New South Wales|Neville]], [[Lyndhurst, New South Wales|Lyndhurst]] and [[Barry, New South Wales|Barry]]. ==History== ===Settlers=== The first people to live in the area were the Gundungura peop