Yanderra, New South Wales

Yanderra New South Wales
Yanderra
Coordinates	34°19′S 150°34′E / 34.317°S 150.567°E / -34.317; 150.567Coordinates: 34°19′S 150°34′E / 34.317°S 150.567°E / -34.317; 150.567
Population	561 (2006 census)^[1]
Postcode(s)	2574
LGA(s)	Wollondilly Shire Council
Federal Division(s)	Hume

Yanderra is a small village situated on the border of the Southern Highlands and Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia. Yanderra is located between Bargo and Southern Highlands' Yerrinbool, and is located next to the Hume Highway. At the 2006 census, Yanderra had a population of 561.^[1] The name Yanderra comes from an Aboriginal word for turpentine tree.^[2]

A railway station was located at Yanderra on the Main South railway line between 1924 and 1975. The station has now been demolished and no trace remains.

Organisations

The Yanderra Rural Fire Brigade provides fire protection to its jurisdiction of the township of Yanderra.^[3]

Notes and references

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Yanderra (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
↑ "Yanderra". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
↑ NSWRFS boundary map

Preceding station		NSW Main lines		Following station
Yerrinbool towards Albury		Main Southern Line		Bargo towards Sydney

Suburbs and localities within Wollondilly Shire, Macarthur, South-western Sydney, Sydney

Appin Bargo Belimbla Park Bingara Gorge Burragorang Brownlow Hill Buxton Camden Park Cawdor Couridjah Douglas Park Glenmore Lakesland Maldon Menangle Mount Hunter Mowbray Park Nattai Nangarin Oakdale Orangeville Picton Pheasants Nest Razorback Silverdale Tahmoor Theresa Park The Oaks Thirlmere Warragamba Werombi Wilton Yanderra Yerranderie

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