Laurel Hill, New South Wales
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| Laurel Hill New South Wales |
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| Postcode: | 2649 |
| Coordinates: | 35°36′1″S 148°5′35″E / 35.60028°S 148.09306°ECoordinates: 35°36′1″S 148°5′35″E / 35.60028°S 148.09306°E |
| Elevation: | 1,045 m (3,428 ft) |
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| LGA: | Tumbarumba Shire |
| County: | Wynyard |
| State electorate: | Albury |
Laurel Hill is a village community in the south east part of the Riverina, in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated by road, about 14 kilometres south from Batlow and 22 kilometres north from Tumbarumba.
Bago Post Office opened on 10 June 1878, was renamed Laurel Hill in 1880 and closed in 1989. [1]
Laurel Hill Prison Farm was established in 1957. It was renamed the Leslie Nott Afforestation Camp in 1958 and then the Laurel Hill Forest Camp, under the direction of the Forestry Commission of New South Wales. It is now a privately owned conference centre.[2][3]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country=. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ "History: Laurel Hill Forest Lodge". Laurel Hill Forest Lodge. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20060820110522/http://laurelhillforestlodge.com.au/history.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
- ^ Ramsland, John (2005). "Nott, Leslie Cecil Joshua (1895 - 1963)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10376b.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
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