Llangothlin is a rural locality with several houses, north of Guyra on the Northern Tablelands in the

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region of

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. Llangothlin was located in the

Guyra Shire Guyra Shire is the name of a former local government area located in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The shire was abolished on 12 May 2016, where the council, together with the Armidale Dumaresq Shire, was subsumed into th ...

local government area until that council was amalgamated into the Armidale Regional Council on 12 May 2016. In 1848 William Rawson was lessee of the Llangothlin run. Llangothlin was named after its Welsh counterpart (spelt Llangollen) in

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. The original alignment of the New England Highway crossed the Main North railway line at Llangothlin at a

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, until the highway was realigned to be entirely on the eastern side of the railway. There was originally a railway station at Llangothlin, which opened in 1884 and closed about 1974. The line is now closed. The old church is now a crafts shop. Llangothlin Post Office opened on 15 November 1886 but it is now a private home. About 11 km northeast of Llangothlin is the

Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve The Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve is a protected wetland nature reserve that is located on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The reserve is situated approximately north-east of th ...

at an elevation of 1360 metres. It is the only protected area on the New England Tablelands on basaltic soils. This Reserve contains the 120 hectare Little Llangothlin Lagoon and part of the much smaller Billy Bung Lagoon. Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve and the adjacent area, Bagot Rd, have been placed on the

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. These are two small lakes which are an important breeding and feeding area for migratory

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, and also for frogs.Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve:

References

Guyra Guide, 2008, The Guyra Argus, Guyra, 2008 {{authority control Towns in New South Wales Towns in New England (New South Wales)

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