Cavan, New South Wales

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Cavan

| state = nsw

| image = Wee Jasper Road, Murrumbidgee river.jpg

| caption = Wee Jasper Road in Cavan

| coordinates = {{coord|35|01|S|148|50|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| lga = Yass Valley Shire

| postcode = 2582

| pop = 47

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes ={{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC10861|name=Cavan (NSW)|accessdate=22 July 2017|quick=on}}

| est =

| elevation = 381

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| county = Cowley

| stategov = Goulburn

| fedgov = Eden-Monaro

| dist1 = 304

| dir1 = SW

| location1 = Sydney

| dist2 = 43

| dir2 = NW

| location2 = Canberra

| dist3 = 30

| dir3 = S

| location3 = Yass

| dist4 = 40

| dir4 = NE

| location4 = Wee Jasper

| near-nw = Good Hope

| near-n = Good Hope

| near-ne = Boambolo

| near-e = Jeir

| near-se = Mullion

| near-s = Mullion

| near-sw = Narrangullen

| near-w = Narrangullen

}}

Cavan ({{IPAc-en|k|eɪ|v|ə|n}} {{respell|KAY-vən}}) is a rural community situated on the south bank of the Murrumbidgee River in the Yass Valley Shire.{{cite web|url = https://proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au/public/geonames/128aced9-335e-4018-a16a-fc4402316d41|title = Cavan|website = Geographical Names Board of New South Wales|publisher = New South Wales Government|access-date = 14 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5954126#map=11/-35.0058/148.8737 |publisher =OpenStreetMap|title=Cavan |access-date=20 December 2017}} At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, it had a population of 47. It is situated by road, about 40 kilometres southwest of Yass and 43 northwest of Canberra. It was named after the town of Cavan in Ireland. It is reportedly owned by Rupert Murdoch.{{Cite web|last=|date=2009-09-04|title=Rudd and the Murdoch press|url=https://www.themonthly.com.au/nation-reviewed-mungo-maccallum-comment-rudd-and-murdoch-press--1945|access-date=2021-08-16|website=The Monthly|language=en}}

Cavan Post Office opened on 1 March 1887, closed in 1902, reopened in 1913 and closed in 1951.{{Citation | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= | access-date = 2009-06-11}}