Crookwell, New South Wales

Crookwell
New South Wales
Crookwell
Crookwell is located in New South Wales
Crookwell
Crookwell
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Coordinates34°27′29″S 149°28′13″E / 34.458036°S 149.470283°E / -34.458036; 149.470283
Population2,098 (UCL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)2583
Elevation887 m (2,910 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Upper Lachlan Shire
RegionSouthern Tablelands
CountyKing
ParishCrookwell
State electorate(s)Goulburn
Federal division(s)Hume
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
18.2 °C
65 °F
5.0 °C
41 °F
863.8 mm
34 in
Localities around Crookwell:
Binda Laggan Laggan
Lost River Crookwell Roslyn
Grabben Gullen Bannister Pejar

Crookwell is a small town located in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in the Upper Lachlan Shire.[2] At the 2016 census, Crookwell had a population of 2,641.[3] The town is at a relatively high altitude of 887 metres and there are several snowfalls during the cooler months. The nearest major centre is the city of Goulburn which is about a half-hour drive to the south-east of the town. Crookwell is easily accessible to the state capital of Sydney and also the federal capital of Canberra.

Most employment is based on rural industries, and the district is renowned for potato farming. Crookwell is also home to what was NSW's first wind farm, which consists of 8 turbines, and is located a few kilometres out of town on the road towards Goulburn.

A railway once connected Goulburn and Crookwell, which opened in 1902, but passenger services to Crookwell station ceased in 1974,[4][5] and the last goods train ran in 1985. The line is technically not closed, but has been listed as out of use, and in some locations is now impassable.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Crookwell (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Crookwell". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Crookwell (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 July 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Scrymgeour, R. A History of the Goulburn- Crookwell Line. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. Vol 48, no 721. November 1997.
  5. ^ Crookwell station. NSWrail.net, accessed 21 August 2009.