Bywong is a rural residential area in the
Southern Tablelands
The Southern Tablelands is a geographic area of New South Wales, Australia, located south-west of Sydney and west of the Great Dividing Range.
The area is characterised by high, flat country which has generally been extensively cleared and ...
of
New South Wales
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, Australia in the
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council LGA.
[ It is approximately 24 kilometres north-east of the Australian city of Canberra on the ]Federal Highway Federal Highways and Federal Routes can be found in:
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. It is also traversed by Macs Reef Road, Shingle Hill Way and Bungendore Road, the last two roads connecting Gundaroo
Gundaroo is a small village in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia and in Yass Valley Council. It is situated to the east of the Yass River, about north of Sutton, about west of the Lake George range. At the , Gundaroo ...
and Bungendore
Bungendore is a town in the Queanbeyan Region of New South Wales, Australia, in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council. It is on the Kings Highway, Australia, Kings Highway near Lake George, New South Wales, Lake George, the Molonglo River Valley ...
. Its name is derived from an aboriginal word for "big hill". At the , it had a population of 1,342. It had a public school from 1895 to 1906.
It has a community association called Bywong Community Inc.
Its local Pony Club is called Gearys Gap Pony Club, which meets at the Les Reardon Reserve, Bywong.[ https://www.gearysgapponyclub.org.au]
References
Localities in New South Wales
Yass Valley Council
Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council
Southern Tablelands
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