Little River, New South Wales

Little River
New South Wales
Little River is located in New South Wales
Little River
Little River
Coordinates35°19′25″S 148°17′5″E / 35.32361°S 148.28472°E / -35.32361; 148.28472
Population38 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2720
Location6 km (4 mi) E of Tumut
LGA(s)Snowy Valleys Council
CountyWynyard
State electorate(s)Wagga Wagga
Federal division(s)Eden-Monaro
Localities around Little River:
Lacmalac
Tumut Little River
Tumut Plains

Little River is a rural locality in the Snowy Valleys Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It lies is 6 km east of Tumut, in the southern side of the valley of the Goobarragandra River, just to the east of the confluence of that river with the Tumut River. The Goobarragandra River was once also known as 'Tumut Little River' or just as 'Little River',[2][3][4] giving rise to the locality's name. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 38.[5]

It lies close to the boundaries of the traditional lands of Wiradjuri, Ngarigo-speaking Walgalu and the Ngunnawal peoples.[6]

A part of the localities now known as Little River and Lacmalac was one of the sites proposed for Australia's national capital city. It was one of two sites near Tumut; the other being at Gadara to the west of Tumut. If the proposal for a new city at Little River had come to fruition, the Tumut railway line would have been extended to the area and a dam built on Goobarragandra River to provide a water supply.[2][7][8]

Census populations

Little River, New South Wales
Year Population Source(s)
2016 47 [9]
2021 38 [5]

Reference section

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Little River (NSW) (state suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 July 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "TUMUT AS THE CAPITAL". Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930). 10 October 1903. p. 9. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ "TUMUT". Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post (NSW : 1900 - 1925). 15 September 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. ^ "PROCLAMATION". New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900). 4 December 1897. p. 8809. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b "2021 Census QuickStats Little River". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Indigenous tribes map". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  7. ^ "General plan of country surrounding suggested Federal Capital site in the locality of Tumut, N.S.W. No. 15 [cartographic material] : shewing approximately city site, proposed water supply, railways, &c". Trove. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Sketch map showing proposed Federal Territory and capital site at Tumut [cartographic material] : Parishes of Adelong, Calafat, Gadara, Gilmore, Minjary, Tumut, Werebolder & Wondalga, County of Wynyard N.S.W., 1900". Trove. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  9. ^ "2016 Census QuickStats Little River". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 19 July 2022.