Lyndhurst is a small village in New South Wales

New South Wales

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, 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 4 kilometres west of Mandurama

Mandurama, New South Wales

Mandurama is a village in the Blayney Shire, New South Wales, Australia. The site of the village and surrounding areas was home to the Wiradjuri people prior to settlement, and the name "Mandurama" is derived from their word for 'water holes'...

 or about 269 km west of Sydney

Sydney

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 and 63 km south-west 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...

 just off the Mid-Western Highway New South Wales

New South Wales

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. Once serving as the major centre for basic goods and needs to the nearby Junction Reefs goldfields - which is still a working mine. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

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, Lyndhurst had a population of 258 people.

Lyndhurst is in fact most significant for being one of the ten areas (including Albury

Albury, New South Wales

Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...

, Armidale

Armidale, New South Wales

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, Bombala

Bombala, New South Wales

Bombala is a town in the Monaro region of south-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Bombala Council. It is located approximately south of the state capital, Sydney, and south of the town of Cooma. The name derives from an Aboriginal word meaning "Meeting of the waters". The town lies on the...

, Dalgety

Dalgety, New South Wales

Dalgety is a small town in New South Wales Australia, on the banks of the Snowy River between Melbourne and Sydney.The town is located at what was once an important river crossing along the Travelling Stock route from Gippsland to the Snowy Mountains High Country dating from the 1840s.- History...

, Lake George, Orange

Orange, New South Wales

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, Tooma

Tooma, New South Wales

Tooma is a village community in the eastern part of the Riverina and situated about 11 kilometres east from Welaregang and 34 kilometres south from Tumbarumba.Tooma is in the valley of the Tooma River, not far from where it joins the Murray River....

, Tumut

Tumut, New South Wales

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 and Yass

Yass, New South Wales

Yass is a town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Shire. The name appears to have been derived from an Aboriginal word, "Yarrh" , said to mean 'running water'....

-Canberra) shortlisted in 1908 as a site for the Australian Capital Territory

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Lyndhurst Today

Lyndhurst today boasts the still functioning Royal Hotel, the Post Office which resides in the old bakery building, a service station, and general store. The Lyndhurst Rodeo is held annually in February at the Lyndhurst Sports Ground.