Type: | town |
Richlands | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -34.3158°N 149.8006°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in New South Wales |
Lga: | Upper Lachlan Shire |
County: | Argyle |
Parish: | Guineacor |
Region: | Southern Tablelands |
Postcode: | 2580 |
Elevation: | 929 |
Stategov: | Goulburn |
Fedgov: | Hume |
Dist1: | 5 |
Dir1: | N |
Location1: | Taralga |
Dist2: | 95 |
Dir2: | S |
Location2: | Oberon |
Dist3: | 140 |
Dir3: | NE |
Location3: | Canberra |
Dist4: | 53 |
Dir4: | N |
Location4: | Goulburn |
Dist5: | 245 |
Dir5: | WSW |
Location5: | Sydney |
Near-N: | Curraweela |
Near-Ne: | Wiarborough |
Near-E: | Wombeyan Caves |
Near-Se: | Taralga |
Near-S: | Taralga |
Near-Sw: | Stonequarry |
Near-W: | Golspie |
Near-Nw: | Yalbraith |
Richlands is a locality in the Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia.[1] It lies about 5 km north of Taralga and about 95 km south of Oberon on the road from Goulburn to Oberon and Bathurst. At the, it had a population of 34. It had a school from June 1868 to August 1879, which was designated as a "provisional school" for eight months and then as a "half-time" school.[2] It also had a school from 1884 to 1915 and from 1918 to 1953, classified most commonly as a "provisional school", but for periods as a "house to house", "half-time" or "public" school. It was called Abercrombie school until 1894.[3]