Wee Jasper, New South Wales
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Bridge across the Goodradigbee River at Wee Jasper | |
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| Coordinates | 35°06′0″S 148°40′0″E / 35.10000°S 148.66667°ECoordinates: 35°06′0″S 148°40′0″E / 35.10000°S 148.66667°E |
| Population | 275 (2011 census)[1] |
| Postcode(s) | 2582 |
| Elevation | 617 m (2,024 ft) |
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| LGA(s) | Yass Valley Council |
| County | Buccleuch |
| State electorate(s) | Goulburn |
| Federal Division(s) | Hume |
Wee Jasper is a village in the Goodradigbee valley at the western foot of the Brindabella Ranges, near Burrinjuck Dam in New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Shire.[2] It is located 80 km north-west of Canberra and 54 km south-west of Yass. At the 2011 census, Wee Jasper and the surrounding area had a population of 275.[1]
Wee Jasper Post Office was first opened on January 1886 and closed on March 1892. Three years later, it was reopened again and remained in service until 1994.[3]
Near the village are several camping and recreation reserves close to numerous caves. The best known cave is Carey's Cave, a system of seven caverns lying just north of the town.[2] Others lie to the north and south, including Dip, Dogleg, Punch-bowl and Signature Caves.[2]
Fossils, including members of the Acanthothoracid placoderm fish family Weejasperaspididae, the primitive placoderm Brindabellaspis stensioi and the prehistoric lungfish, Dipnorhynchus cathlesae, have been found in the area.[4]
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Wee Jasper town sign
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The main bridge spanning the Goodradigbee River going into Wee Jasper
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wee Jasper (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dow L, Guyon D, Irving R, McPhee M, Matthews A, Prineas P, Rubinich T, Simpson J (1995). Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Australian Places. Surry Hills, NSW: Reader's Digest. p. 209. ISBN 0-86438-399-1.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ↑ Campbell, K.S.W.; R.E. Barwick (1999). "A New Species of the Devonian Lungfish Dipnorhynchus from Wee Jasper, New South Wales" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum 51(2): 123–140. Australian Museum. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
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