Royalla is a rural locality on the border of

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and the

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. The area takes its name from the nearby Mount Rob Roy, and was originally a railway settlement on the

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known as Rob Roy and changed to the current name in 1905. Modern Royalla is a large rural locality east of the

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. The border with the ACT follows the western boundary of the easement of the former railway line to the east of the highway. The town was served by a railway station until 1975. The NSW part of Royalla had a population of 984 at the .

Australian Capital Territory

The adjoining part of the

is also known as Royalla.'Australia's largest' solar farm opens at Royalla south of Canberra
Jonathon Gul and Kathleen Dyett,

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, 3 September 2014 The part of Royalla within the ACT is included in the area called "Tuggeranong (SA2)" by the ABS, which also includes the ACT part of Williamsdale and all the rural territory between the

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and the NSW border. It had a population of 43 at the .

Solar farm

On 3 September 2014, Australia's then-largest

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was officially opened there. The event was attended by Simon Corbell, the ACT's Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, and Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. The plant features 83,000 solar arrays, and is rated at 20 MWp. It has the capacity to power more than 4,500 ACT homes. The farm was developed by the

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company Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV).

References

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