Canyonleigh, New South Wales Explained

Type:town
Canyonleigh
Region:Southern Highlands
State:nsw
Coordinates:-34.588°N 150.118°W
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in New South Wales
Lga:Wingecarribee Shire
Postcode:2577
Elevation:719
Parish:Bangadilly, Murrimba, Nundialla
County:Camden
Stategov:Goulburn
Fedgov:Hume
Dist1:149
Dir1:SW
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:23
Dir2:W
Location2:Moss Vale
Dist3:68
Dir3:ENE
Location3:Goulburn
Near-Nw:Bannaby
Near-N:Bullio
Near-Ne:Joadja
Near-W:Big Hill
Near-E:Belanglo
Near-Sw:Brayton
Near-S:Paddys River
Near-Se:Sutton Forest

Canyonleigh (; formerly known as Canyan Leigh) is a locality in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. Canyan Leigh was named by Mrs Jane Murray who took up a property between Paddys River and Long Swamp. The property overlooked the valley and this gave Mrs Murray the idea 'Canyan' or 'Canyon' being the name for a steep sided gully.

Population

At the, it had a population of 398. According to the 2021 census, there were 455 people living at Canyonleigh.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Canyonleigh, Census All persons QuickStats . 2022-08-21 . Australian Bureau of Statistics.