Back Creek, New South Wales (Queanbeyan–Palerang) Explained

Type:suburb
Back Creek
State:NSW
Coordinates:-35.3469°N 149.9369°W
Pop:7
Pushpin Label Position:left
Postcode:2622
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10
Timezone-Dst:AEDT
Utc-Dst:+11
Lga:Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council
Region:Southern Tablelands
Fedgov:Eden-Monaro
Stategov:Monaro

Back Creek is a small rural locality in the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council, part of the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.

The area now known as Back Creek lies on the traditional lands of Walbanga people, a group of Yuin.[1]

The locality takes its name from the watercourse Back Creek, a left-bank tributary of Mongarlowe River.

At the, the town recorded a population of 7.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Studies . Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander . 2021-06-18 . Map of Indigenous Australia . 2021-07-19 . aiatsis.gov.au . en.