Richlands, New South Wales

Town in New South Wales, Australia

34°18′57″S 149°48′02″E / 34.31583°S 149.80056°E / -34.31583; 149.80056Population48 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)2580Elevation929 m (3,048 ft)Location

5 km (3 mi) N of Taralga
95 km (59 mi) S of Oberon
140 km (87 mi) NE of Canberra
53 km (33 mi) N of Goulburn
245 km (152 mi) WSW of Sydney

LGA(s)Upper Lachlan ShireRegionSouthern TablelandsCounty ArgyleParishGuineacorState electorate(s)Goulburn Federal division(s)Hume

Localities around Richlands:
Yalbraith	Curraweela	Wiarborough
Golspie	Richlands	Wombeyan Caves
Stonequarry	Taralga	Taralga

Richlands is a locality in the Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia.^[2]^[3] It lies about 5 km north of Taralga and about 95 km south of Oberon on the road from Goulburn to Oberon and Bathurst. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 34.^[4] It had a school from June 1868 to August 1879, which was designated as a "provisional school" for eight months and then as a "half-time" school.^[5] It also had a school from 1884 to 1915 and from 1918 to 1953, classified most commonly as a "provisional school", but for periods as a "house to house", "half-time" or "public" school. It was called Abercrombie school until 1894.^[6]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Richlands (NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Richlands". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ "Richlands". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Richlands". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ "Richlands school (1) in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ "Richlands school (2) in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 23 March 2018.