Linden, New South Wales

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Linden
Blue Mountains, NSW

Population:

427 (2006)^[1]

Postcode:

2778

LGA:

City of Blue Mountains

Federal Division:

Macquarie

Suburbs around Linden:
Blue Mountains National Park	Faulconbridge	Faulconbridge
Woodford	Linden	Megalong Valley
Megalong Valley	Megalong Valley	Megalong Valley

Linden is a village in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the City of Blue Mountains, 81 km west of Sydney. It is on the Great Western Highway and has a station on the Main Western railway line served by CityRail's Blue Mountains services. The railway platform was built in 1874 and was named after Linden House, the home of local business man William Henderson ^[2]. Linden was originally known as Seventeen Mile Hollow because of its location 17 miles (27.35km) from the Nepean River. It was originally the location of a tollhouse erected in 1849 and demolished in the 1860s during the construction of the railway.

The village is near the grave of John Donohue, a police officer reputedly shot by a bushranger. It is also near Caley's Repulse, a mound of rocks in the shape of a pyramid that is believed to have been constructed by Aborigines. Other nearby attractions include King's Cave and Linden Observatory.

Linden Creek, which carves a steep valley between Linden and adjoining Faulconbridge, is a major tributary of the Grose River.

Linden shares the 2778 postcode and thus a post office with adjoining Woodford, so there are no official figures on the population of Linden alone. In 2006, the combined population of Linden and Woodford was 2,397, including 9 indigenous persons (0.0038%) per 2006 ABS census figures. ^[3]