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Oaklands is a town in the Riverina district of southern New South Wales, Australia. The town is located 615 kilometres south west of the state capital, Sydney and 105 kilometres north west of Albury. Oaklands is in the Federation Council local government area and at the 2021 census, had a population of 304. [1]
The Oaklands railway line is a partly-closed railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It is a branch of the Main South line at The Rock, and heads in a south-westerly direction through the towns of Boree Creek and Urana, terminating at Oaklands. The line opened to Lockhart in 1901, and to Oaklands in 1912. [1]
Oaklands is a heritage-listed homestead at Princes Highway, Pambula, Bega Valley Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1842 by Messrs Robertson, Hall and Rogers. It was also known as Pamboola Station (c. 1833-1842). It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 20 February 2004. [1]
The first section of line opened in 1883 as a 32-kilometre (20 mi) branch line to St James, at the same time as the extension of the main line to Albury in New South Wales. In 1886, the line was extended another 32 kilometres (20 mi) to Yarrawonga , on the southern bank of the Murray River , [ 1 ] which formed the colonial and, later, the state ...
William McKell, Premier of New South Wales from 1941-1947 and Governor-General of Australia from 1947-1953, was born in Pambula in 1891. Pambula continued to be the dominant town of the district, providing facilities which came to include commercial premises, banks, courthouse, hospital, newspaper, and a school of arts.
Milbrulong is a locality in the central east part of the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.. The locality is 515 kilometres (320 mi) south west of the state capital, Sydney and 59 kilometres (37 mi) south west of the regional centre Wagga Wagga in the Lockhart Shire local government area.
New South Wales in recent history has pursued bilateral partnerships with other federated states/provinces and metropolises through establishing a network of sister state relationships. The state currently has 7 sister states: [139] Guangdong, China (since 1979) Tokyo, Japan (since 1984) Ehime, Japan (since 1999) [140]
The Department of Mines commenced in late 1874, and the Geological Survey of New South Wales was brought into existence on 1 January 1875. Charles Smith Wilkinson was its first supervisor. In the 1950s to 1970s the administering body for mines was the New South Wales Department of Mines or New South Wales Department of Mines and Agriculture.