| Shannons Flat New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Shannons Flat | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°56′0″S 148°57′0″E / 35.93333°S 148.95000°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 78 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2630 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Monaro | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Eden-Monaro | ||||||||||||||
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Shannons Flat is a locality in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] The town is in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area, sandwiched between the southern border of the Namadgi National Park[4] in the Australian Capital Territory and the Murrumbidgee River. Shannons Flat also adjoins the NSW localities of Yaouk, Bolaro, Murrumbucca, Bredbo and Billilingra. It is about 308 kilometres (191 mi) south west of the state capital, Sydney, and 70 kilometres (40 mi) from the Australian national capital of Canberra. It is just over 40 kilometres (25 mi) north west of the regional centre, Cooma.
At the 2016 census, Shannons Flat had a population of 78.[1]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Shannons Flat (state suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Shannons Flat". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Shannons Flat". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Namadgi National Park". Archived from the original on 2 May 2013.
