Paddys River is a locality in the Southern Highlands of

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Wingecarribee Shire Wingecarribee Shire is the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Southern Highlands (New South Wales), Southern Highlands in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Wingecarribee Shire is around southwest of Sydney a ...

. The locality was previously known as Murrimba. It is south of

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. According to the , there were 31 people living at Paddys River. At the 2021 census, the population had increased to 64. The locality takes its name from the watercourse, Paddys River (Southern Highlands). This locality should not be confused with another identically-named locality, in the

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Local Government Area.

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