Lyndhurst, New South Wales
Lyndhurst New South Wales | |
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![]() Lyndhurst with Royal Hotel in the background | |
![]() ![]() Lyndhurst | |
Coordinates | 33°40′S 149°02′E / 33.667°S 149.033°ECoordinates: 33°40′S 149°02′E / 33.667°S 149.033°E |
Population | 267 (2016 census)[1] |
Postcode(s) | 2797 |
Location | |
LGA(s) | Blayney Shire |
State electorate(s) | Bathurst |
Federal division(s) | Calare |
Lyndhurst is a small village in New South Wales, Australia in Blayney Shire. It is 4 kilometres west of Mandurama or about 269 km west of Sydney and 63 km south-west of Bathurst just off the Mid-Western Highway New South Wales. Once serving as the major centre for basic goods and needs to the nearby Junction Reefs goldfields. At the 2016 census, Lyndhurst had a population of 267 people.[1]
Lyndhurst was one of the ten areas (including Albury, Armidale, Bombala, Dalgety, Lake George, Orange, Tooma, Tumut and Yass-Canberra) shortlisted in 1908 as sites for the national capital.[2][3][4]
Lyndhurst today[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/LyndhurstGeneralStore.jpg/250px-LyndhurstGeneralStore.jpg)
Lyndhurst today boasts the still functioning Royal Hotel, a combined service station/general store and a takeaway.
Heritage listings[]
Lyndhurst has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Belubula River: Junction Reefs Dam[5]
References[]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lyndhurst (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ BBC Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia UPDATE
- ^ "Plan shewing proposed Federal Capital site in the locality of Lyndhurst. No. 6 [cartographic material] : Parish of Lyndhurst & Lucas, County of Bathurst, N.S.W. 1903". Trove. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "CAPITAL SITE". Argus. 9 October 1908. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Junction Reefs Dam, Land in the vicinity of". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00702. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
External links[]
Media related to Lyndhurst, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons
- Towns in New South Wales
- Blayney Shire
- Blayney–Demondrille railway line
- Mining towns in New South Wales
- Central West, New South Wales geography stubs
- Proposed sites for national capital of Australia