Ootha is a village in the Central West region of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia. The village is in the Lachlan Shire

Lachlan Shire

Lachlan Shire is a Local Government Area in the Central West of New South Wales on the Lachlan River and the Broken Hill railway line.The largest town and council seat is Condobolin. The Shire also includes the towns and villages of Tottenham, Lake Cargelligo, Tullibigeal, Albert, Burcher and...

 Local Government area, 430 kilometres (267.2 mi) west of the state capital, Sydney

Sydney

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. At the 2006 census

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, Ootha and the surrounding area had a population of 94. The place name is derived from an aboriginal word for 'ear'.

Ootha Post Office opened on 15 December 1914 and closed in 1980.