Lyndhurst, New South Wales
- 269 km (167 mi) from Sydney
- 63 km (39 mi) from Bathurst
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
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. Department of Planning & Environment. H00702. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
External links
Media related to Lyndhurst, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons
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