Cullerin, New South Wales
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Cullerin () is a small township in the
Southern Tablelands The Southern Tablelands is a geographic area of New South Wales, Australia, located south-west of Sydney and generally west of the Great Dividing Range. The area is characterised by high, flat country which has generally been extensively cl ...
of
New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
,
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. It is on the
Old Hume Highway The Old Hume Highway, an urban and rural road, may be described as any part of an earlier route of the Hume Highway, which traverses Victoria (Australia), Victoria and New South Wales between the cities of Sydney and Melbourne in Australia. In ...
and Main South railway line in
Upper Lachlan Shire Upper Lachlan Shire is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was formed in February 2004 from Crookwell Shire and parts of Mulwaree, Gunning Shire, Gunni ...
. The
Cullerin railway station Cullerin railway station was a railway station on the Main South railway line in Cullerin, New South Wales, Australia. It opened on 1 September 1875, and was located near the top of the Cullerin Range. The platforms at Cullerin were 44 metres ...
opened in 1880 and closed in 1973. At the , it had a population of 38.


Transport

Cullerin is at the summit of a stretch of
ruling grade In railroading, the ruling grade is steepest grade on the rail line between two locations. Climbing the steepest part of the line dictates the minimum motive power needed, or how light the train must be, in order for the run to be made without ass ...
of the Main Southern Rail line. It lies a few kilometres west of the
Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills. It runs roughl ...
. The
Lachlan River The Lachlan River (Wiradjuri: ''Kalari'', ''Galiyarr'') is an intermittent river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands, Central West, and Riverina regions of New Sou ...
and other rivers to the west flow inland, while the
Wollondilly River The Wollondilly River, an Australian perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Tablelands and Southern Highlands regions of New South Wales. The river meanders from its western slopes near Cr ...
and other rivers to the east flow to the Pacific.


References

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