Brackendale, New South Wales

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This article is about the locality in Australia. For the Canadian hamlet, see Brackendale, British Columbia

Brackendale New South Wales
Brackendale church
Postcode:	2354
Elevation:	1,229 m (4,032 ft)
Location:	403 km (250 mi) N of Sydney 167 km (104 mi) W of Port Macquarie 120 km (75 mi) E of Tamworth 29 km (18 mi) S of Walcha 11 km (7 mi) SW of Tia
LGA:	Walcha Shire
State District:	Northern Tablelands
Federal Division:	New England

Brackendale is a rural locality situated about 29 kilomtres south of Walcha and is included in the Walcha Shire Local Government Area on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.

Brackendale was officially recognised as a locality in 1968^[1] and currently comprises several houses and a church. The principal local industry is sheep and beef cattle breeding.

The single-teacher Brackendale Public School closed in 1989^[2].

In 2007, Brackendale and surrounding farms were quarantined following an outbreak of equine influenza.^[3].

[edit] References

^ Geographic Names Register:Brackendale. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales (October 1995). Retrieved on 2007-11-22.
^ Geographic Names Register:Brackendale Public School. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales (October 1995). Retrieved on 2007-11-22.
^ Equine Influenza Outbreak. New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (November 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-22.