Richlands New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°18′57″S 149°48′02″E / 34.31583°S 149.80056°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 48 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2580 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 929 m (3,048 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Upper Lachlan Shire | ||||||||||||||
Region | Southern Tablelands | ||||||||||||||
County | Argyle | ||||||||||||||
Parish | Guineacor | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Goulburn | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Hume | ||||||||||||||
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Richlands is a locality in the Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] It lies about 5 km north of Taralga and about 95 km south of Oberon on the road from Goulburn to Oberon and Bathurst. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 34.[4] It had a school from June 1868 to August 1879, which was designated as a "provisional school" for eight months and then as a "half-time" school.[5] It also had a school from 1884 to 1915 and from 1918 to 1953, classified most commonly as a "provisional school", but for periods as a "house to house", "half-time" or "public" school. It was called Abercrombie school until 1894.[6]