Canadian Lead, New South Wales

Canadian Lead
Canadian Lead, New South Wales, c.1872
Canadian Lead
Coordinates: 32°24′20″S 149°33′05″E / 32.4056609°S 149.5514962°E / -32.4056609; 149.5514962
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
Population
 • Total11 (2016 census)[2]
Postcode
2859[3]
Localities around Canadian Lead
Gulgong Gulgong Yarrawonga (NSW)
Gulgong Canadian Lead Home Rule
Galambine Wilbetree Home Rule

Canadian Lead is a 19th-century gold rush town in rural New South Wales, Australia. It is 301 km to Sydney.[4]

In April 1872, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser reported that "...the Canadian lead, where a month ago some four hundred people were, can now boost of a couple of thousands."[5]

References list

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Canadian Lead (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Canadian Lead (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Canadian Lead in Google Map". Google Map. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Distance Between Canadian Lead and Sydney". Google Map. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. ^ Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 6 April 1872. Retrieved 6 June 2014.