Yass Valley Council is a local government area in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is located adjacent to the Hume and Barton Highways and the Main Southern railway line.
The Barton Highway is a short highway in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Yass is a town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Council. The name appears to have been derived from an Aboriginal word, "Yarrh", said to mean 'running water'.
Gunning is a town on the Old Hume Highway, between Goulburn and Yass in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, about 260 km south-west of Sydney and 75 km north of the national capital, Canberra.
Uriarra is a locality in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in the Yass Valley Shire. It is north of the locality of Uriarra in the Australian Capital Territory and north-west of Canberra. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 30. The locality is mostly located in the Urayarra parish of Cowley County, although part of it in Pabral parish, which lies further west.
The Yass River, a perennial river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Southern Tablelands and South Western Slopes districts of New South Wales, Australia.
Sutton, meaning 'South Settlement' in Saxon, is a small village in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Shire. It is situated on the west bank of the Yass River, about 17 kilometres south of Gundaroo, near the Federal Highway, not far from Canberra. It has a primary school, an Anglican church, a general store, an estate agent, a rural supply store and a baker. Sutton has its own volunteer Bush Fire Brigade located in the village.
Bowning is a small town in the Southern Tablelands, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) west of Yass on the Hume Highway in Yass Valley Shire. Bowning is an aboriginal word meaning 'big hill'. At the 2016 census, Bowning and the surrounding area had a population of 573.
Gundaroo is a small village in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia and in Yass Valley Council. It is situated to the east of the Yass River, about 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Sutton, about 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of the Lake George range. At the 2016 census, Gundaroo "state suburb" had a population of 1,146. At the 2006 census, its "urban centre/locality" had a population of 331.
Wee Jasper is a village in the Goodradigbee valley at the western foot of the Brindabella Ranges, near Burrinjuck Dam in New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Shire. It is located about 90 km north-west of Canberra and 60 km south-west of Yass. At the 2016 census, Wee Jasper and the surrounding area had a population of 100.
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. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 26.
Cavan is a rural community situated on the south bank of the Murrumbidgee River in the Yass Valley Shire. At the 2016 census, 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.
Queanbeyan East is a suburb of Queanbeyan in New South Wales, Australia. It is on the north eastern side of the Queanbeyan River, with the river forming its western boundary. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 3,936.
The Taemas Bridge is a two-lane road bridge that carries the Wee Jasper Road across the Murrumbidgee River, at the settlement of Taemas, near Wee Jasper in the Yass Valley Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The bridge crosses on the river just before it enters Lake Burrinjuck, which has been created by the Burrinjuck Dam. The bridge is a key part of the road between Yass and Wee Jasper, and from there, to Tumut. The bridge is located approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Yass and 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Wee Jasper. The property is owned by Roads and Maritime Services, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. Under the Heritage Act, 1977 (NSW) s 170, the bridge was added to the New South Wales State agency heritage register on 18 August 2005.
The Derringullen Creek, a mostly–perennial river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia.
Jeir is a rural locality in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in the Yass Valley Shire. It is north of Canberra and south of Yass and Murrumbateman on the western side of the Barton Highway and the eastern side of the Murrumbidgee River. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 259.
Manton is a locality in the Yass Valley Council, New South Wales, Australia. It lies on both sides of both the Hume Highway and the Barton Highway to the east of their intersection about 10 km to the east of Yass. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 294.
Marchmont is a locality in the Yass Valley Council, New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the Barton Highway about 10 km to the southeast of Yass. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 229.
Yass River is a locality in the area of the Yass Valley Council, in New South Wales, Australia. It lies on both sides of both the Yass River to the northeast of Murrumbateman and the northwest of Gundaroo. It is about 40 km north of Canberra. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 350.
Mullion is a locality in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in the Yass Valley Shire. It lies north-west of Canberra on the western side of the Murrumbidgee River. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 84. It had a public school from 1959 to 1972. The locality is located in the Umburra parish of Cowley County, with a small part of it in Mullion parish, which lies further west.
