Bywong

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb

| name = Bywong

| state = nsw

| image = File:Bywong, New South Wales, 2017.jpg

| caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|35|09|57|S|149|20|02|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in New South Wales

| lga = Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council

| lga2 = Yass Valley Council

| postcode = 2621

| pop = 1,342

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL10733| name = Bywong| quick = on | accessdate = 27 September 2022

}}

| county = Murray

| parish = Bywong

| stategov = Monaro

| fedgov = Eden-Monaro

| dist1 = 24

| dir1 = NE

| location1= Canberra

| near-nw = Gundaroo

| near-n = Gundaroo

| near-ne = Lake George

| near-w = Sutton

| near-e = Lake George

| near-sw = Sutton

| near-s = Wamboin

| near-se = Bungendore

}}

Bywong is a rural residential area in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council LGA. It is approximately 24 kilometres north-east of the Australian city of Canberra on the Federal Highway. It is also traversed by Macs Reef Road, Shingle Hill Way and Bungendore Road, the last two roads connecting Gundaroo and Bungendore. Its name is derived from an aboriginal word for "big hill".{{NSW GNR|id=a9592214-2e89-43ca-8701-fd454f981db6|title = Bywong|access-date = 22 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6068285#map=12/-35.1791/149.3200 |publisher =OpenStreetMap|title=Bywong|access-date=29 November 2017}} At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, it had a population of 1,342. It had a public school from 1895 to 1906.{{cite web|url=https://nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au/schoolHistory?schoolId=1467|title=Bywong Public School in the School history database search|publisher=New South Wales Department of Education|access-date=25 December 2017}}

It has a community association called Bywong Community Inc.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bywongcommunity.org.au/|title=Home|website=Bywong Community Association|accessdate=28 March 2023}}

Its local Pony Club is called Gearys Gap Pony Club, which meets at the Les Reardon Reserve, Bywong.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gearysgapponyclub.org.au/|title=Gearys Gap Pony Club|website=ggpc|accessdate=28 March 2023}}