Jugiong, New South Wales

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Jugiong
New South Wales

Entering Jugiong at the old Hume Highway
Population: 250 (within 7 km radius)
Postcode: 2726
Elevation: 303 m (994 ft)
Location:
LGA: Harden Shire Council
County: Harden
State District: Burrinjuck

Jugiong is a village community on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, in the central east part of the Riverina. It is situated just off the Hume Highway, by road, about 30 kilometres south west from Bookham and 40 kilometres north east from Gundagai. It has a population within a 7 kilometre radius of approximately 250 people.[1] First settled in the 1820's when Henry O'Brien started grazing sheep on the Jugiong Run.

[edit] Notes and References

  1. ^ www.fallingrain.com Jugiong
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Coordinates: 34°49′60″S, 148°19′60″E


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