Gunning, New South Wales

Gunning
New South Wales
Gunning's high street
Gunning is located in New South Wales
Gunning
Gunning
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Coordinates34°46′57″S 149°15′59″E / 34.782392°S 149.266400°E / -34.782392; 149.266400
Population659 (2016 census)[1]
Established1821
Postcode(s)2581
Elevation566 m (1,857 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Upper Lachlan Shire
CountyKing
ParishGunning
State electorate(s)Goulburn
Federal division(s)Hume
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
 ? ? 658.3 mm
25.9 in
Localities around Gunning:
Dalton Merrill Gurrundah
Oolong Gunning Cullerin
Lade Vale Bellmount Forest Lerida

Gunning is a small town on the Old Hume Highway, between Goulburn and Yass in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, about 260 km south-west of Sydney and 75 km north of the national capital, Canberra. Nearby towns and cities are Cullerin, Gundaroo, Dalton, Yass, Murrumbateman and Goulburn.

At the 2021 census, Gunning had a population of 820.[1] The Shire of Gunning (which was amalgamated into Upper Lachlan Shire in 2004) had a population of 2,280. The Gunning Wind Farm has been established to the town's northeast, and is visible from the Hume Highway.

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gunning (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 July 2017. Edit this at Wikidata