Werai, New South Wales
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Werai is a small town in the Southern Highlands
of New South Wales
, Australia
, in Wingecarribee Shire. At the 2006 census
, Werai had a population of 311.
Southern Highlands, New South Wales
The Southern Highlands, also locally referred to as the Highlands, is a geographical region and district in New South Wales, Australia and is 110 km south-west of Sydney. The entire region is under the local government area of the Wingecarribee Shire...
of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, in Wingecarribee Shire. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Werai had a population of 311.
See also
- Werai railway stationWerai railway station, New South WalesWerai was a closed railway station on the Main South railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It served the small Southern Highlands town of Werai. A station opened in the locality in 1883 as Meryla, this station was moved in 1897 and renamed Werai in 1901...