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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 was formed in February 2004 from Crookwell Shire and parts of Mulwaree, Gunning and Yass Shires. The shire includes the towns of Crookwell
Crookwell, New South Wales
Crookwell is a small town located in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in the Upper Lachlan Shire. At the 2006 census, Crookwell had a population of 1,993 people. The town is at a relatively high altitude in Australian terms , and there are occasional snowfalls during the...
, Gunning
Gunning, New South Wales
Gunning is a town on the Old Hume Highway, between Goulburn and Yass in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, about 260 km south-west of Sydney and 75 km north of the national capital, Canberra. On Census night 2006, Gunning had a population of 487 people...
, Taralga
Taralga, New South Wales
Taralga is a small village in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Upper Lachlan Shire. It is located at the intersection of the Goulburn-Oberon Road and the Laggan-Taralga Road. It is accessible from Oberon to the north, Mittagong to the east, Goulburn to the south, and...
, Bannaby
Bannaby, New South Wales
Bannaby is a locality in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Upper Lachlan Shire. It is located near the township of Taralga, on the Bannaby road. The locality consists of an Anglican Church and some woolsheds....
, Dalton
Dalton, New South Wales
Dalton is a small inland country town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Upper Lachlan Shire. Its claim to fame is that it is reputed to have the nation's highest rate of earthquakes and tremors....
, Binda
Binda, New South Wales
Binda is a village in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia in Upper Lachlan Shire. In 2006, Binda had a population of 131 people.It is about 17 km north-north-west of Crookwell in the county of Georgiana...
, Bigga
Bigga, New South Wales
Bigga is a village in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in Upper Lachlan Shire. It is in the Parish of Bigga, County of Georgiana. As of 2006, the village had a population of 193 people. The name Bigga is thought to originate as a shortened version of the Biggs Grant. Bigga is...
, Tuena
Tuena, New South Wales
Tuena is a town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Upper Lachlan Shire. It is located west of the state capital, Sydney.-External links:* - Southern Tableland tourism site...
, Breadalbane
Breadalbane, New South Wales
Breadalbane is a small village located in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Upper Lachlan Shire. It is located on the Lachlan River headwaters and not far from Goulburn. This little town is also located nearby and adjacent to the major Hume Highway which links Sydney to...
, Cullerin
Cullerin, New South Wales
Cullerin is a small township in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Upper Lachlan Shire. It is located on the Old Hume Highway and Main South railway line in southern New South Wales, Australia. The railway station opened in 1880 and closed in 1973.- Transport :Cullerin is at...
and Laggan
Laggan, New South Wales
Laggan is a small village in the Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australiain Upper Lachlan Shire. At the 2006 census, Laggan had a population of 281....
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