Yerong Creek is a town in the

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area of southern

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, Australia. It is about south-west of

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on the

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. At the , Yerong Creek had a population of 173.Based on the resident population of meshblocks 10494520000, 10494510000, and 10494500000 fro
2074.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Mesh Block Counts, Australia, 2016
/ref> Yerong Creek station is serviced twice daily by NSW TrainLink XPT trains which travel along the Main Southern Railway line between Sydney and

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(there is no stop listed in timetables for Yerong Creek; the nearest stations are The Rock to the north and

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to the south). The town is home to a small population and was the original home of the vintage rally. Yerong Creek Post Office opened on 1 October 1882. Whilst Yerong Creek is predominantly a mixed farming and grazing area, it holds a claim in Australian history when in 1993 the XPT established the Australian Rail Speed Record of between a nearby area known as Table Top and the township Yerong Creek was also home to the vintage rally, though this event is no longer held.

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Image:Yerong Creek, NSW - main silo.JPG, Silo at edge of township (on railway line) File:YerongCreekRomanCatholicChurch.JPG, St Ignatius Roman Catholic church File:YerongCreekChurch&Signpost.JPG, Church

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* {{authority control Towns in the Riverina Lockhart Shire