Woodhouselee, New South Wales

Woodhouselee is a locality in the Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] It lies about 25 km northwest of Goulburn and 115 km northeast of Canberra. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 15.[1]

Woodhouselee
New South Wales
Woodhouselee
Woodhouselee is located in New South Wales
Woodhouselee
Woodhouselee
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates34°33′57″S 149°38′02″E / 34.56583°S 149.63389°E / -34.56583; 149.63389
Population15 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2580
Elevation808 m (2,651 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Upper Lachlan Shire
RegionSouthern Tablelands
CountyArgyle
ParishWayo
State electorate(s)Goulburn
Federal division(s)Hume
Localities around Woodhouselee:
Pejar Roslyn Middle Arm
Pejar Woodhouselee Middle Arm
Bannister Wayo Middle Arm

Woodhouselee is said to have been named after an early settler called Woodhouse or to be a name given by William Lithgow[4] to his "private township" after Woodhouselee, a small estate town south of Edinburgh, because of his early association as a student of the University of Edinburgh with the Tytler family.[2]

Woodhouselee station was a station on the now disused Crookwell railway line from 1902 to 1975.[5] Woodhouselee had a state public school from 1877 to 1893.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Woodhouselee". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 November 2018.  
  2. ^ a b "Woodhouselee". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 November 2018.  
  3. ^ "Woodhouselee". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  4. ^ Possibly referring to William Lithgow.
  5. ^ "Woodhouselee Station". NSWRail.net. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Woodhouselee in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 22 November 2018.