Canyonleigh (; formerly known as Canyan Leigh) is a locality in the
Southern Highlands of
New South Wales
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Wingecarribee Shire
Wingecarribee Shire is the local government area of the Southern Highlands in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Wingecarribee Shire is around southwest of the Sydney central business district and is part of regional Capital Countr ...
. Canyan Leigh was named by Mrs Jane Murray who took up a property between Paddys River and Long Swamp. The property overlooked the valley and this gave Mrs Murray the idea 'Canyan' or 'Canyon' being the name for a steep sided gully.
Population
At the , it had a population of 398.
According to the
2021 census, there were 455 people living at Canyonleigh.
References
Towns of the Southern Highlands (New South Wales)
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