Candelo is a town in south-eastern New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. The town is located in the Bega Valley Shire Local Government Area, 448 kilometres (278 mi) south of the state capital, Sydney

Sydney

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 and 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-east of the popular coastal holiday destination of Merimbula. In 2006, Candelo had a population of 393 people.

The area around Candelo was first settled by Europeans in the 1830s and the village was developed in the 1860s at a crossroads following the passage of the New South Wales Land Act of 1861 allowed closer settlement.