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Selwyn County, New South Wales
Selwyn County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is located to the east of the Murray River, with part of the Tumut River as its boundary to the north-east. It includes Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia. Selwyn County was named in honour of geologist Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn (1824–1902). Parishes within this county A full list of parishes found within this county. After the local government mergers of 2016, all parishes of Selwyn County are in the Snowy Valleys Council The Snowy Valleys Council is a local government area located in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed in 2016 from the merger of the Tumut Shire with the neighbouring Tumbarumba Shire. The council a .... References {{Reflist Counties of New South Wales ...
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New South Wales
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Hay, New South Wales
Hay is a town in the western Riverina region of south western New South Wales, Australia. It is the administrative centre of Hay Shire local government area and the centre of a prosperous and productive agricultural district on the wide Hay Plains. Located approximately midway between Sydney and Adelaide at the junction of the Sturt, Cobb and Mid-Western Highways, Hay is an important regional and national transport node. The town itself is built beside the Murrumbidgee River, part of the Murray-Darling river system; Australia's largest. The main business district of Hay is situated on the north bank of the river. History Aboriginal communities in the western Riverina were traditionally concentrated in the more habitable river corridors and amongst the reedbeds of the region.  The district surrounding Hay was occupied by at least three separate Aboriginal groups at the time of European settler expansion onto their lands.  The area around the present township ...
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Greg Greg, New South Wales
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Glenroy, New South Wales
Glenroy is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located northwest of the Albury Central Business District and west of Lavington. At the 2006 census, Glenroy had a population of 2659, although the area covered in the Census is considerably different from the actual area of the suburb. Glenroy covers the northern slopes of Nail Can Hill on the Murray River floodplain, and is bordered by North Albury to the east, Hamilton Valley and Lavington to the north, Splitters Creek to the west and West Albury to the south. Glenroy is a developing residential area. Features include Nail Can Hill Reserve and Glenroy Public School. Geography Glenroy is a developing residential suburb with large rural areas located in a valley on the northern slopes of Nail Can Hill. Nail Can Hill is of great ecological importance. Many bike and fire service trails have been built through Nail Can Hill, which is used for the annual Nail Can Hill Run. The native plant life includes the River Red ...
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Cowra
Cowra is a small town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre and the council seat for the Cowra Shire, with a population of 9,863. Cowra is located approximately above sea level, on the banks of the Lachlan River, in the Lachlan Valley. By road it is approximately west of the state capital, Sydney, and north of the nation's capital, Canberra. The town is situated at the intersection of three state highways: the Mid-Western Highway, Olympic Highway, and the Lachlan Valley Way. Cowra is included in the rainfall recorder and weather forecast region for the Central West Slopes and Plains division of the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts. History The first European explorer to the area, George William Evans, entered the Lachlan Valley in 1815. He named the area the Oxley Plains after his superior the surveyor-general, John Oxley. In 1817 he deemed the area "rather unfit for settlement". A military depot was established ...
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