Gunning New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°46′57″S 149°15′59″E / 34.782392°S 149.266400°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 659 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1821 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2581 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 566 m (1,857 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Upper Lachlan Shire | ||||||||||||||
County | King | ||||||||||||||
Parish | Gunning | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Goulburn | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Hume | ||||||||||||||
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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.