| Laggan New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Laggan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°25′S 149°32′E / 34.417°S 149.533°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 358 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2583 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 900 m (2,953 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Upper Lachlan Shire | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Goulburn | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hume | ||||||||||||||
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Laggan is a small village on the traditional land of the Gundungurra people in the Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia in Upper Lachlan Shire. At the 2016 census, Laggan had a population of 358.[1]
The village/locality has a small primary school. There are many historic buildings including the old police barracks c1837 and a rebuilt mill. Also there are the monthly Laggan Village Markets at the memorial hall.
Laggan was founded for pastoral use, as well as a stop for convicts during the building of roads between Bathurst and Goulburn. The village is now a tourist attraction.[2]
Annual ploughing matches were held at Laggan in the 1860s.[3]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Laggan (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Tuena and Laggan". Archived from the original on 14 April 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
- ^ "Advertising". The Goulburn Herald And Chronicle. New South Wales, Australia. 13 August 1864. p. 4. Retrieved 6 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
