Wamboin
District of Bywong
New South Wales - Australia

Lake George (New South Wales)

Lake George (or Weereewa in the indigenous language) is a lake in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. It is about 40 kilometres north-east of Canberra along the Federal Highway en route to Sydney.

Located at -35.1667, 149.417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Lakes of New South Wales

Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan /ˈkwiːnbiən/ is a regional centre in the Southern Tablelands in south-eastern New South Wales adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory. The city's mixed economy is based on light construction, high technology, manufacturing, service, retail and agriculture. It is the council seat of the Queanbeyan City Council. In 2006, Queanbeyan had a population of 34,084 people.

Located at -35.3533, 149.234 (Lat. / Lng.), about 14 miles away.
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Cities in New South Wales, Queanbeyan, Australian Aboriginal placenames

City of Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan City is a local government area located in south eastern New South Wales, Australia. The area is located adjacent to Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory, the Queanbeyan River, the Molonglo River, the Kings Highway and the Sydney-Canberra railway. The Mayor of Queanbeyan City Council is Tim Overall, an independent politician.

Located at -35.35, 149.217 (Lat. / Lng.), about 14 miles away.
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Local Government Areas of New South Wales, Queanbeyan

Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope

The Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST) is a radio telescope operating at 843 MHz. It is operated by the School of Physics of the University of Sydney. The telescope is located near the Molonglo River near Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, and was constructed by modification of the East-West arm of the former Molonglo Cross Telescope, a larger version of the Mills Cross Telescope.

Located at -35.3707, 149.424 (Lat. / Lng.), about 15 miles away.
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Astronomical observatories in Australia, Radio telescopes, Interferometric telescopes, University of Sydney

Queanbeyan River

Queanbeyan River, a perennial stream that is part of the Molonglo catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Monaro and Capital Country districts of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, in Australia. The river is 104 kilometres in length and the river catchment is 96,000 hectares .

Located at -35.3333, 149.233 (Lat. / Lng.), about 13 miles away.
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Rivers of New South Wales, Tributaries of the Murrumbidgee River, Murray-Darling basin, Rivers of the Australian Capital Territory, Water management in the Australian Capital Territory

Oaks Estate, Australian Capital Territory

Oaks Estate is an urban village situated immediately on the northern side of the NSW-ACT border abutting the township of Queanbeyan in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. The estate covers an area of approximately 40 hectares and is bound by the Molonglo River to the north, 'The Oaks' to the east and the Queanbeyan-Cooma railway to the south. The village is located 12 kilometres from the centre of Canberra.

Located at -35.341, 149.229 (Lat. / Lng.), about 13 miles away.
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Towns in the Australian Capital Territory

1940 Canberra air disaster

The 1940 Canberra air disaster was an aircraft crash that occurred near Canberra, the capital of Australia, on 13 August 1940, during World War II. All ten people on board were killed: six passengers, including three members of the Australian Cabinet and the Chief of the General Staff; and four crew. The deaths of the three cabinet ministers severely weakened the United Australia Party government of Robert Menzies and contributed to its fall in 1941.

Located at -35.3184, 149.229 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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1940 in Australia, Aviation accidents and incidents in Australia, History of the Australian Capital Territory, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1940, Accidental deaths in the Australian Capital Territory, Accidents and incidents involving military aircraft, Royal Australian Air Force, Disasters in the Australian Capital Territory

Sutton, New South Wales

Sutton, meaning 'South Settlement' in Saxon, is a small village in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Shire. It is situated on the west bank of the Yass River, about 17 kilometres south of Gundaroo, near the Federal Highway, not far from Canberra. It has a population of about 220 and has a primary school, a general store, an estate agent, a rural supply store and a butcher. Sutton has its own volunteer Bush Fire Brigade located in the village.

Located at -35.15, 149.25 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Towns in New South Wales

Wamboin, New South Wales

Wamboin is a rural residential area in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in the Palerang Council LGA. It is approximately 20 kilometres north-east of the Australian city of Canberra. Wamboin is about 20 minutes drive from the Canberra CBD, 25 minutes from the Woden Town Centre, and about 10 minutes drive from the city of Queanbeyan. Services in the area include a local church, community centre, garbage tip and fire brigade.

Located at -35.2583, 149.307 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Towns in New South Wales, Australian Aboriginal placenames

Palerang Council

Palerang Council is a local government area located in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The Mayor of the Palerang Council is Cr. Pete Harrison, an independent politician.

Located at -35.25, 149.45 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Local Government Areas of New South Wales

St Gregory's Primary School, Queanbeyan

St Gregory's Primary School is a Catholic school in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. Catering for several hundred students, it is the only Catholic school in Queanbeyan. It also draws students from Jerrabomberra. Its current Headmaster is Clare Frazer and its motto is "Seek Truth, Be Faithful". It has two campuses: Lowe St, catering for students in years K-2 and McQuoid St, catering for students in years K-6.

Located at -35.356, 149.233 (Lat. / Lng.), about 14 miles away.
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Private schools in New South Wales, Primary schools in New South Wales, Roman Catholic schools in Australia, Roman Catholic primary schools in Australia

Bungendore, New South Wales

Bungendore is a town in the Queanbeyan Region of New South Wales, Australia, in Palerang Council. It is on the Kings Highway near Lake George, the Molonglo River Valley and the Australian Capital Territory border. It has become a major tourist centre in recent years, popular with visitors from Canberra and some of it has heritage protection. It has expanded rapidly in recent years as a dormitory suburb of Canberra.

Located at -35.25, 149.45 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Towns in New South Wales

Seiffert Oval

Seiffert Oval is a rugby league ground in Queanbeyan, New South Wales that served as the base of the Canberra Raiders for the first seven years of its existence (1982-1989). The ground hosted an 'international' rugby league match in 1988 when an Australian Prime Minister's XIII took on the touring Great Britain Lions, and an ACTRU v British and Irish Lions rugby union match in 1989. It is now used to host games of the Queanbeyan Blues Rugby League club.

Located at -35.3453, 149.243 (Lat. / Lng.), about 13 miles away.
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Queanbeyan, Canberra Raiders

Queanbeyan railway station

Queanbeyan is a railway station located on the border of Queanbeyan, New South Wales and Oaks Estate, Australian Capital Territory, Australia on CountryLink's Canberra Line. The station has a single platform capable of accommodating approximately 6 Xplorer cars. As the railway line is the border between the ACT and NSW, the station is in New South Wales, while the land opposite the railway line is in the ACT. The main station building was completed in March 1887.

Located at -35.3429, 149.228 (Lat. / Lng.), about 14 miles away.
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Regional railway stations in New South Wales

Queanbeyan High School

Queanbeyan High School is a New South Wales Government School situated in a large service centre just beyond the limits of the Australian Capital Territory. Queanbeyan is a city of 50,000 people located on the Queanbeyan River 291 km south-west of Sydney via Tarago and Bungendore and 18 km south-east of the centre of Canberra. The current principal is Mr John Clark.

Located at -35.3531, 149.221 (Lat. / Lng.), about 14 miles away.
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High schools in New South Wales, Public schools in New South Wales

Greenleigh, New South Wales

Greenleigh is an eastern suburb of the City of Queanbeyan in New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Dodsworth, Queanbeyan East and known popularly as 'The Hilltop Hood'. At the 2006 census, Greenleigh had a population of 695 people. Greenleigh attracts the highest house prices and rates in Queanbeyan attracting its residents the derogatory title as being Queanbeyan's 'High aristocracy'.

Located at -35.3611, 149.254 (Lat. / Lng.), about 14 miles away.
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Queanbeyan

Pialligo Parish

Pialligo Parish, Murray County is a parish of Murray County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is now a very tiny piece of land to the north-east of the Australian Capital Territory after most of the land in the parish was transferred to the ACT in 1911. It once included the area to the east of Mount Ainslie and the north of the Molonglo River, including Mount Majura and what is now Canberra airport, and the suburb of Pialligo.

Located at -35.2228, 149.208 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Parishes of Canberra, Parishes of Murray County

Queanbeyan Parish

Queanbeyan Parish, Murray County is a parish of Murray County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It covers the city of Queanbeyan. It was originally bounded by the Molonglo River to the north, but is now bounded by the NSW-ACT border in the north and west. Parts of the western area of the parish were transferred to the Australian Capital Territory in 1909, including what are now the Canberra suburbs of Fyshwick, Narrabundah, Kingston, Oaks Estate, Harman and part of Hume.

Located at -35.3483, 149.251 (Lat. / Lng.), about 13 miles away.
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Parishes of Murray County

Amungula Parish

Amungula Parish, Murray County is a parish of Murray County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is located in two non-contiguous sections, divided by the Australian Capital Territory, as most of the parish was transferred to the ACT in 1909.

Located at -35.2639, 149.291 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Parishes of Murray County

Majura Parish

Majura Parish, Murray County is a parish of Murray County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is located to the east of the extreme eastern tip of the ACT. The Queanbeyan-Bungendore railway line and the Kings Highway pass through the parish. About a quarter of the original nineteenth century parish was transferred to the ACT in 1909. The land transferred was the area between the railway line in the south and the watershed of the Molonglo River in the north.

Located at -35.3083, 149.429 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Parishes of Murray County

Carwoola Parish

Carwoola Parish, Murray County is a parish of Murray County, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is located to the south of the Australian Capital Territory and to the south-east of Queanbeyan. The original northern and eastern boundary was the Molonglo River; this is still the boundary for most of the parish, except in the north, where the relatively small area north of the Queanbeyan-Goulburn railway line was transferred to the ACT in 1909.

Located at -35.3283, 149.296 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Parishes of Murray County

Wamboin Parish

The Parish of Wamboin is a parish of the County of Murray, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is located just to the north-east of the Australian Capital Territory and includes the town of Bungendore on the eastern edge and the rural community of Wamboin near the south-western edge. Part of Lake George is the boundary in the north-east. The Yass River is the boundary in the west. Turallo Creek is the boundary in the east.

Located at -35.2333, 149.35 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Parishes of Murray County

Headquarters Joint Operations Command (Australia)

The Australian Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) is the Australian Defence Force's (ADF) operational level headquarters responsible for the command and control of ADF operations worldwide. It was formed from "Headquarters Australian Theatre" (HQAST) in 2004 to reflect the changing internal structure of the ADF and the need to establish a purpose built, co-located joint headquarters.

Located at -35.3442, 149.376 (Lat. / Lng.), about 13 miles away.
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Commands of the Australian Defence Force

United States Army Air Forces in Australia

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established a series of airfields in Australia for the collective defense of the country, as well as for conducting offensive operations against the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. It was from these airports and airfields in Australia, that Fifth Air Force was able to regroup, re-equip and begin offensive operations against the Empire of Japan after the disasters in the Philippines and Dutch East Indies during 1942.

Located at -35.3069, 149.195 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Intermediate combat commands of the United States Army Air Forces, Military history of Australia during World War II, Pacific theatre of World War II, South West Pacific theatre of World War II

Fairbairn, Canberra

Fairbairn was a base of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) located in Australia's national capital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Over the years the name of the establishment, and the use of the land, has changed. The land occupies an area North and East of the runways at what is currently known as Canberra International Airport.

Located at -35.302, 149.202 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Canberra, Royal Australian Air Force bases, Airports in the Australian Capital Territory