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Town in New South Wales, Australia
Mount Fairy
New South Wales
Mount Fairy, looking towards Capital Wind Farm
Mount Fairy is located in New South WalesMount FairyMount FairyLocation in New South Wales
Coordinates35°09′57″S 149°35′02″E / 35.16583°S 149.58389°E / -35.16583; 149.58389
Population244 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)2580
Elevation761 m (2,497 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
RegionSouthern Tablelands
CountyMurray
ParishMerigan, Fairy Meadow
State electorate(s)Monaro
Federal division(s)Eden-Monaro
Localities around Mount Fairy:
Currawang Tarago Tarago
Tarago Mount Fairy Boro
Bungendore Mulloon Manar

Mount Fairy is a locality in the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is located to the east of the Bungendore–Tarago road. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 244.


Railway

Mount Fairy had a railway station on the Bombala railway line from 1886 to 1975. Its original name was Fairy Meadow, the name of the parish lying south of Merigan (which includes most of Mount Fairy) in the Mulloon area, but it was renamed to its current name in 1903.

Bombala railway line, looking north to former Mount Fairy railway station

Industry

For many years, Mount Fairy was the site of a quarry, where dolomite was obtained for use in the iron and steel industry at Port Kembla.

Education

Mount Fairy had a state school from 1910 to 1931 and from 1946 to 1951, which generally operated as a "provisional" school, but it was a "half-time" school from 1929 to 1931.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Fairy". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 August 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. "Mount Fairy". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. New South Wales Government. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. "Mount Fairy". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  4. "Mount Fairy station". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. Hoskins, Sir Cecil (1968). The Hoskins Saga. Sydney: Halstead Press. p. 86.
  6. "Mount Fairy school in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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