Bylong, New South Wales

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Bylong
New South Wales
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Bylong village
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Bylong
Coordinates 32°25′0″S150°07′0″E / 32.41667°S 150.11667°E / -32.41667; 150.11667 Coordinates: 32°25′0″S150°07′0″E / 32.41667°S 150.11667°E / -32.41667; 150.11667
Population23 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2849
LGA(s) Mid-Western Regional Council
State electorate(s) Upper Hunter
Federal Division(s) Hunter, Parkes

Bylong is a village in New South Wales, Australia, in the Mid-Western Regional Council. It is located on the Bylong Valley Way.

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The area is home to numerous horse studs. The champion racehorse and sire Heroic was born in the area.

Bylong hosts an annual Mouse racing event.

Access

Bylong can be accessed from the Hunter Region by travelling west along the Golden Highway and turn onto the Bylong Valley Way, one kilometre (one mile) before Sandy Hollow. If travelling from Ilford, Bylong can be accessed by travelling two kilometres (one mile) north along the Castlereagh Highway and turn onto the Bylong Valley Way.

Railways

Bylong has a railway crossing loop, one kilometre (one mile) east of Bylong on the Sandy Hollow Gulgong (originally Maryvale) railway line. The railway passes through a two-kilometre-long (one-mile) tunnel in the Bylong Range, eight kilometres (five miles) to the east-southeast ( 32°26′11.0″S150°12′00.8″E / 32.436389°S 150.200222°E / -32.436389; 150.200222 ) between the Bylong River and Murrumbo Creek valleys.

Preceding stationFormer ServicesFollowing station
Akuna
towards Gulgong
Sany Hollow - Gulgong Line Kerrabee
towards Sandy Hollow

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bylong (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg CC-BY icon.svg Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.