Wingello Parish, Camden
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The Parish of Wingello is a
parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
of the County of Camden in the Southern Highlands region of
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. It includes the area around the village of
Wingello Wingello () is a village in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. It has a station on NSW TrainLink's Southern Highlands Line. The surrounding area is part of the lands administrative unit of the Wingello Parish, a subdivision ...
, and also includes the village of Tallong. The parish is located at the western end of the County of Camden, with Uringalla Creek the boundary to the west. The
Southern Highlands railway line The Southern Highlands Line (SHL) is an intercity rail service that services the Macarthur, Southern Highlands and Southern Tablelands regions of New South Wales. First operating in 1869, the service runs from across the Main Southern railw ...
passes through the parish, including the stations of Tallong and
Wingello Wingello () is a village in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. It has a station on NSW TrainLink's Southern Highlands Line. The surrounding area is part of the lands administrative unit of the Wingello Parish, a subdivision ...
. The
Hume Highway The Hume Highway, including the sections now known as the Hume Freeway and the Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of t ...
passes through a small part of the parish in the north-west. Other roads in the area include Murrimba Road, Garbutts Road, and parts of Highland Way and Bumballa Road. Joarimma creek forms a small portion of the boundary in the south-west, with the parish including some of the land to the south of this creek. There was an Aboriginal land claim over portions 219, 27 and 62 in the Parish of Wingello by the Illawarra Local Aboriginal Land Council on 22 July 1986.Moss Vale Aboriginal land claim
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New South Wales Parish maps preservation project
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