Googong is a suburb of Queanbeyan, New South Wales

Queanbeyan, New South Wales

Queanbeyan 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...

, and a parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 of the County of Murray

Murray County, New South Wales

Murray County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Lands administrative divisions of New South Wales. It included the area which is now part of Canberra and as far north as Lake George and Yass. It was originally bounded on the west by the...

 located to the south of Queanbeyan. Googong contains the developed areas of Fernleigh Park, Little Burra and Mount Campbell Estate. It borders Jerrabomberra and Karabar

Karabar, New South Wales

Karabar is a suburb of Queanbeyan, New South Wales. It is at the southern part of the developed area of Queanbeyan—-bordering the suburbs of Queanbeyan East, Jerrabomberra, Googong and Queanbeyan. The eastern border of the suburb is defined by the Queanbeyan River.As well as a shopping centre it...

 on the north and Environa on the west. It is about ten kilometres south of the Queanbeyan CBD.

The parish was originally located between the Queanbeyan River

Queanbeyan River

The Queanbeyan River is a tributary of the Molonglo River and part of Murray-Darling Basin. The river is 70 kilometres in length and the river catchment is 96,000 hectares in size...

 in the east, and Jerrabomberra Creek

Jerrabomberra Creek

Jerrabomberra Creek is a 28 km natural waterway that flows from New South Wales into Lake Burley Griffin, the centrepiece of Canberra, the capital of Australia. It has a catchment area of .-References:...

 in the west. The Googong Dam is now on the boundary in the east, which was constructed in 1979.