Back Creek, New South Wales (Queanbeyan–Palerang)

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Coordinates: 35°20′49″S 149°56′13″E / 35.34694°S 149.93694°E / -35.34694; 149.93694
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Back Creek
New South Wales
Back Creek is located in New South Wales
Back Creek
Back Creek
Coordinates35°20′49″S 149°56′13″E / 35.34694°S 149.93694°E / -35.34694; 149.93694
Population7 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2622
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)
LGA(s)Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council
RegionSouthern Tablelands
State electorate(s)Monaro
Federal division(s)Eden-Monaro

Back Creek is a small rural locality in the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council, part of the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.

The area now known as Back Creek lies on the traditional lands of Walbanga people, a group of Yuin.[2]

The locality takes its name from the watercourse Back Creek, a left-bank tributary of Mongarlowe River.

At the 2021 census, the town recorded a population of 7.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Back Creek". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 September 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (18 June 2021). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 19 July 2021.


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