Oallen

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

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

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Oallen

| state = nsw

| image = New bridge at Oallen Ford, Shoalhaven River with gold panning.JPG

| caption = Panning for gold at Oallen Ford below new bridge over the Shoalhaven River

| coordinates = {{coord|35|08|21|S|149|56|36|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in New South Wales

| lga = Goulburn Mulwaree Council

| lga2 = Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council

| county = *Argyle

• St Vincent

| parish = *Jerralong

• Jerricknorra
• Oallen

| region = Southern Tablelands

| postcode = 2622

| pop =

| pop_year =

| pop_footnotes =

| elevation = 538

| stategov = Goulburn

| fedgov = Eden-Monaro

| dist1 = 60

| dir1 = SE

| location1 = Goulburn

| dist2 = 97

| dir2 = NE

| location2 = Canberra

| dist3 = 83

| dir3 = SW

| location3 = Nowra

| dist4 = 229

| dir4 = SSW

| location4 = Sydney

| near-n = Windellama

| near-ne = Nerriga

| near-e = Tomboye

| near-se = Marlowe

| near-s = Mayfield

| near-sw = Mayfield

| near-w = Lower Boro

| near-nw = Windellama

}}

Oallen ({{IPAc-en|oʊ|l|ə|n}}) is a locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council area, New South Wales, Australia.{{NSW GNR|id=d047ea25-2f0e-409f-ba3d-f1698c53c3f2|title=Oallen|access-date=5 August 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6076691#map=11/-35.1558/149.9627|publisher =OpenStreetMap|title=Oallen|access-date=27 April 2018}} It is located on the Shoalhaven River and the Oallen Ford Road about 61 km southeast of Goulburn and 82 km southwest of Nowra. The Oallen Ford Road has recently been upgraded to improve the connection from Canberra and Goulburn to Nerriga, Nowra and Jervis Bay. At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Oallen had a population of 141.{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC13062| name = Oallen| quick = on | accessdate = 5 August 2017}}

The Shoalhaven River in the Oallen Ford area was an area where gold was panned for in the 19th century.{{cite journal|journal=Australasian Historical Archaeology|url=https://ashadocs.org/aha/10/10_04_McGowan.pdf|issue=10|year=1992|title=Aspects of Gold Mining and Mining Communities in the Shoalhaven Area of New South Wales: An Archaeological and Historical Study|author=Barry McGowan}} There has been a recent revival of gold panning.{{cite news|newspaper=South Coast Register|date=10 May 2011|title=Gold Rush}}