Yarra, New South Wales

Yarra
New South Wales
Yarra
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates 34°48′57″S 149°38′02″E / 34.81583°S 149.63389°E / -34.81583; 149.63389Coordinates: 34°48′57″S 149°38′02″E / 34.81583°S 149.63389°E / -34.81583; 149.63389
Population 173 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 2580
Location
LGA(s) Goulburn Mulwaree Council
Region Southern Tablelands
County Argyle
Parish Goulburn
State electorate(s) Goulburn
Federal Division(s) Hume
Localities around Yarra:
Pomeroy Baw Baw Run-O-Waters
Parkesbourne Yarra Tirrannaville
Wollogorang Currawang Tirrannaville

Yarra is a locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is located about 18 km southwest of Goulburn, 84 km northeast of Canberra and 213 km southwest of Sydney.[2] It lies at the intersection of the Federal Highway and the Hume Highway. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 173.[1] Yarra railway station was a station on the Main Southern railway line from 1875 to the 1970s.[3] A small settlement had grown up around the railway station and the Hume Highway, parts of which were demolished during road widening in the 1970s.

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yarra". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Yarra". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Yarra station". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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