Yerrinbool New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°22′S 150°33′E / 34.367°S 150.550°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 974 (UCL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1919 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2575 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 488 m (1,601 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Wingecarribee Shire | ||||||||||||||
Region | Southern Highlands | ||||||||||||||
County | Camden | ||||||||||||||
Parish | Colo | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Wollondilly | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Hume | ||||||||||||||
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Yerrinbool is one of the Northern Villages of the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in the Wingecarribee Shire, and is accessible from the Hume Highway (via Bargo or Alpine) and is about a 12 km (7.5 mi) drive from nearby Mittagong. It is 7 km (4.3 mi) to Hill Top as the crow flies, accessible by foot via a fire trail. It is on the western edge of the Upper Nepean Nature Reserve, a vast area of forest, lakes and dams between Yerrinbool and the coastal communities around Wollongong (accessible by a circuitous 63 km (39 mi) by road). Yerrinbool was previously officially known as the Town of Yerrinbool. It is located on the historic Old Hume Highway.