Lyndhurst, New South Wales Explained

Type:town
Lyndhurst
State:nsw
Coordinates:-33.6667°N 151°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Lga:Blayney Shire
Fedgov:Calare
Postcode:2797
Pop:267
Elevation:671
Stategov:Bathurst
Dist1:269
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:63
Location2:Bathurst

Lyndhurst is a small village in New South Wales, Australia in Blayney Shire. It is 4 kilometres west of Mandurama or about 269 km west of Sydney and 63 km south-west of Bathurst just off the Mid-Western Highway New South Wales. Once serving as the major centre for basic goods and needs to the nearby Junction Reefs goldfields. At the, Lyndhurst had a population of 267 people.

Lyndhurst was one of the ten areas (including Albury, Armidale, Bombala, Dalgety, Lake George, Orange, Tooma, Tumut and Yass-Canberra) shortlisted in 1908 as sites for the national capital.[1] [2] [3]

Lyndhurst today

Lyndhurst today boasts the still functioning Royal Hotel, a combined service station/general store and a takeaway.

Heritage listings

Lyndhurst has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2787564 BBC Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia UPDATE
  2. Web site: Plan shewing proposed Federal Capital site in the locality of Lyndhurst. No. 6 [cartographic material] : Parish of Lyndhurst & Lucas, County of Bathurst, N.S.W. 1903]. 2021-09-20. Trove. en.
  3. News: 1908-10-09. CAPITAL SITE.. Argus. 2021-10-10.
  4. 00702. S90/03622. 18 May 2018.