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Llangothlin

New South Wales, Australia

Llangothlin
New England Highway at Llangothlin



Llangothlin is located in New South Wales
Red pog
Llangothlin
Postcode: 2365
Elevation: 1,289 m (4,229 ft)
Location:
LGA: Guyra Shire
County: Clarke
State District: Northern Tablelands
Federal Division: New England


Llangothlin is a rural locality with several houses, 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Guyra on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. Llangothlin is located in the Guyra Shire local government area.

In 1848 William Rawson was lessee of the 50,000-acre (200 km2) Llangothlin run. Llangothlin was named after its Welsh counterpart (spelt Llangollen) in Denbighshire.[1]

The original alignment of the New England Highway crossed the Main North railway line at Llangothlin at a level crossing, until the highway was realigned to be entirely on the eastern side of the railway. There was originally a railway station at Llangothlin, which opened in 1884 and closed about 1974. The line is now closed. The old church is now a crafts shop. Llangothlin Post Office opened on 15 November 1886 but it is now a private home.[2]

About 11 km northeast of Llangothlin is the Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve at an elevation of 1360 metres. It is the only protected area on the New England Tablelands on basaltic soils. This Reserve contains the 120 hectare Little Llangothlin Lagoon and part of the much smaller Billy Bung Lagoon. Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve and the adjacent area, Bagot Rd, have been placed on the Register of the National Estate. These are two small lakes are an important breeding and feeding area for migratory waterfowl, and also for frogs.[3]

See also[]

  • Aberfoyle River

References[]

Guyra Guide, 2008, The Guyra Argus, Guyra, 2008


This page uses content from the English language Wikipedia. The original content was at Llangothlin, New South Wales. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with this Familypedia wiki, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons License.
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