Lankeys Creek, New South Wales

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Lankeys Creek
New South Wales
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Lankeys Creek
Coordinates 35°49′S147°40′E / 35.817°S 147.667°E / -35.817; 147.667 Coordinates: 35°49′S147°40′E / 35.817°S 147.667°E / -35.817; 147.667
Postcode(s) 2644
Elevation355 m (1,165 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Greater Hume Shire Council
County Goulburn
State electorate(s) Albury

Lankeys Creek is a rural community in the east part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 18 kilometres north west of Jingellic and 36 kilometres south east of Holbrook.

Lankeys Creek Post Office was open briefly in 1890, reopened in 1906 and closed in 1961. [1]

Notes and references

  1. Premier Postal History, Post Office List , retrieved 11 June 2009


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