Oaklands, New South Wales

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Oaklands
Town
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Milthorpe Street, the main street of Oaklands, 2009
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Oaklands
Coordinates: 35°32′0″S146°10′0″E / 35.53333°S 146.16667°E / -35.53333; 146.16667
Country Australia
State New South Wales
LGA(s)
Location
Government
 •  State electorate(s)
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Elevation
128 m (420 ft)
Population
 • Total(s)304 (2021 census) [1]
Postcode
2646
County Urana

Oaklands is a town in the Riverina district of southern New South Wales, Australia. It is 615 kilometres south-west of the state capital, Sydney, and 105 kilometres north-west of Albury. Oaklands is in the Federation Council local government area and, at the 2021 census, had a population of 304. [1]

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Oaklands has a pub, bowls club, swimming pool, kindergarten-to-Year-12 school, and a day-care centre.

History

The earliest European settlers in the district of Oaklands were the Tyson brothers, James and William, who established themselves in 1846. [2]

Oaklands post office was opened on 16 June 1890. [3]

The major industry in the Oaklands region is agriculture, including the production of wheat and rice and is a major grain handling area. It is the home of the Oaklands Diuris, a threatened native orchid that is currently only found in the Oaklands region. [4]

Rail

A standard gauge branch line from the New South Wales Government Railways Main South line at The Rock was extended from Lockhart to Oaklands in 1912. [5]

A broad gauge branch line from the Victorian Railways North East line at Benalla was extended from Yarrawonga to Oaklands in 1938, creating a break-of-gauge station until the New South Wales line was closed south of Boree Creek. There were several stations between Yarrawonga and Oaklands, which are now the site of grains silos. [6]

After the conversion to standard gauge of the Victorian North East railway in 2008, the Oaklands branch was for a time a gauge orphan. Following persistent lobbying, the 113-kilometre (70 mi) branch was also converted to standard gauge.

Oaklands is 321 km by rail from Melbourne, [6] and was 675 km by rail from Sydney. [5]

Preceding stationFormer servicesFollowing station
Terminus Oaklands Line Coorabin
towards The Rock

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Oaklands". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 September 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Terry, Mona (1985). The Light Shines On. A History of Oaklands. Lions Club of Oaklands. p. 275. ISBN   0958929904.
  3. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List" . Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  4. ↑ NSW Department of Environment and Conservation Archived 6 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine - Oaklands Diuris Retrieved 1 November 2006
  5. 1 2 "Oaklands Branch". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 11 December 2006.
  6. 1 2 "Oaklands Line". Vicsig. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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