Yarra, New South Wales
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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 grew up around the railway station and the Hume Highway, parts of which were demolished during road widening in the 1970s. It had a public school from 1869 to 1970, operating as a "half-time" school until 1873.[4]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yarra". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Yarra". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Yarra station". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Yarra Public School in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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