Ivanhoe, New South Wales

Ivanhoe
New South Wales
Cobb Highway in Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe is located in New South Wales
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
Coordinates32°54′59″S 144°17′58″E / 32.91639°S 144.29944°E / -32.91639; 144.29944
Population162 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2878
Elevation90.0 m (295 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Central Darling Shire
CountyManara
State electorate(s)Barwon
Federal division(s)Parkes[2]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
25.9 °C
79 °F
10.7 °C
51 °F
306.0 mm
12 in

Ivanhoe is a very small township on the Cobb Highway between the Lachlan and Darling rivers in western New South Wales, Australia. It is located within the Central Darling Shire local government area. Ivanhoe functions as a service centre for the surrounding area. The township is characterised by a particularly wide main street. At the 2021 census, Ivanhoe had a population of 162.[1]

The town was founded in the early 1870s, and was named after Sir Walter Scott's work of historical fiction, Ivanhoe. The township was situated on well-used coach and stock routes connecting Wilcannia on the Darling River with Balranald on the Murrumbidgee and Booligal on the Lachlan.

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ivanhoe (L)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 July 2024. Edit this at Wikidata Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  2. ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Parkes (NSW)". Australian Electoral Commission. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.