Woolgarlo

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{{Infobox Australian place| type = town

| name = Woolgarlo

| state = nsw

| image = woolgarlo.jpg

| caption = Woolgarlo

| coordinates = {{coord|34|53|24|S|148|44|24|E|display=inline,title}}

| lga = Yass Valley Council

| postcode = 2582

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| county = Harden

| parish = Woolgarlo

| stategov = Goulburn

| fedgov = Riverina

| dist1 = 15

| location1= Burrinjuck

| dist2 = 17

| location2= Bookham

| near-n = Bookham

| near-ne = Bowning

| near-e = Good Hope

| near-se = Good Hope

| near-s = Narrangullen

| near-sw = Burrinjuck

| near-w = Bookham

| near-nw = Bookham

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Woolgarlo is a locality on the foreshores of the Yass River arm of Lake Burrinjuck, in the far eastern part of the Riverina in the Yass Valley Shire of New South Wales, Australia.{{cite web|url = http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/place_naming/placename_search/extract?id=MnKqwpZTuj|title = Woolgarlo|website = Geographical Names Board of New South Wales|publisher = New South Wales Government|access-date = 24 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6073975#map=12/-34.8755/148.7305 |publisher =OpenStreetMap|title=Woolgarlo|access-date=17 April 2018}} At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, it had a population of 26.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC14401|name=Woolgarlo|access-date=24 July 2017|quick=on}}

Location and features

It is situated by road, about {{convert|15|km}} north east from Burrinjuck and {{convert|17|km}} south east from Bookham.

The property was converted into a caravan and camping park during the 1960s, catering mainly to freshwater anglers and waterskiers. The caravan park was renamed Lake Burrinjuck Leisure Resort during the 1980s, but continues to be known as Woolgarlo among locals.

A Woolgarlo Post Office opened on 1 May 1870 but was closed in 1872.{{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 = 2008-04-11 }}

References

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Category:Towns in the Riverina

Category:Towns in New South Wales

Category:Southern Tablelands

Category:Yass Valley Council

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