Copeland, New South Wales

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Copeland
New South Wales
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Copeland
Coordinates 31°59′55″S151°50′5″E / 31.99861°S 151.83472°E / -31.99861; 151.83472 Coordinates: 31°59′55″S151°50′5″E / 31.99861°S 151.83472°E / -31.99861; 151.83472
Population306 (2006) [1]
Postcode(s) 2422
Location
LGA(s) Mid-Coast Council
State electorate(s) Upper Hunter
Federal Division(s) Lyne
Suburbs around Copeland:
Mount Peerless Cobark
Rawdon Vale Copeland Barrington
Bindera

Copeland is a small settlement in the Gloucester Shire, New South Wales, Australia.

Women's rights activist, Mildred Muscio, was born at Copeland in 1882. [2]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Community Profile Series : Copeland (State Suburb)". 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  2. Foley, Meredith; Fulloon, Gillian, "Muscio, Florence Mildred (1882–1964)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 25 November 2020