Shipley, New South Wales

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Shipley is a small hamlet village in the state of New South Wales, Australia, in the City of Blue Mountains. [1] It is an unbounded locality within the locality of Blackheath, south-west of the township of Blackheath. The Shipley Plateau, on which the village is built, divides the Megalong Valley and Kanimbla Valley.

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References

  1. "Shipley". NSW Geographical Names Board. Retrieved 27 December 2021.