Table Top is an outer suburb of the city of

Albury, New South Wales Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the C ...

, located north of

Albury Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...

and west of Bowna. At the , Table Top had a population of 1253. The area used to be part of the

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but was recently integrated into the

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. Table Top is located in the flat area north of Albury, bounded by the

, including

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, to the north, and the suburbs of Hamilton Valley, Springdale Heights,

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and Wirlinga to the south.

History

Yambla Post Office opened on 1 April 1886, was renamed Table Top in 1895 and closed in 1968.

Today

Table Top is a rural and agricultural area, with a large part of the population living in an area around the

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Paper Mill. Features of the area include the original

Ettamogah Pub The Ettamogah Pub is a cartoon pub that was featured in the now defunct ''Australasian Post'' magazine. The cartoonist Ken Maynard, loving empty spaces and having nothing around him, enjoyed an area just outside Albury at Table Top, New South Wa ...

(based on a cartoon pub by Ken Maynard that was featured in the now defunct

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magazine), the Ettamogah Wildlife Sanctuary (later called Oze Wildlife; now closed), several wineries and Table Top Public School.

Geography

The Table Top area is mostly flat, but includes part of the Black Range in the south and east. Part of the area is the north-western part of

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Residents

In the , the population of Table Top/Ettamogah was 1179. The most common religion was

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, followed by

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, and the average household income was $1381, above the Australian average of $1027. The median age was 37.

References

{{City of Albury suburbs Suburbs of Albury, New South Wales Hume Highway