Hobbys Yards is a small village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the Central West

Central West, New South Wales

The Central West region refers to the area west of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. It has an area of 63,262 square kilometers....

 region of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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, in Blayney Shire

Blayney Shire Council

Blayney Shire Council is a Local Government Area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Mid-Western Highway and the Main Western railway line....

. It is situated within an hours driving time from the regional centres, townships, villages of Bathurst

Bathurst, New South Wales

-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...

, Barry

Barry, New South Wales

Barry is a small village in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, in Blayney Shire. It is situated within an hours driving time from the townships and villages of Blayney, Millthorpe, Mandurama, Neville, Lyndhurst and Carcoar...

, Blayney

Blayney, New South Wales

Blayney is a farming town and administrative centre with a population of 2,745 in 2006, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia...

, Neville

Neville, New South Wales

Neville is a small village in the south east of New South Wales, Australia, in Blayney Shire. It is 60km south of Bathurst or about 16 km south east of Mandurama. It is 940 metres above sea level and currently has a population of about 100.-History:...

 and Trunkey Creek

Trunkey Creek, New South Wales

Trunkey Creek is a village located in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia in Bathurst Regional Council. It is about south of the city of Bathurst and about north of the city of Goulburn on the Bathurst Goulburn Road...

. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

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, Hobbys Yards had a population of 198 people. The village is probably named after Thomas Hobby who accompanied John Oxley

John Oxley

John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of English colonisation.October 1802 he was engaged in coastal survey work including an expedition to Western Port in 1804-05...

on his exploration expeditions, or his son.