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Mount Fairy

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Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council NSW, PO Box 90, Mount Fairy, NSW 2580
02 6285 6000

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Mount Fairy is a locality in the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia.

Mount Fairy is a locality in the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is located to the east of the Bungendore–Tarago road. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 205.

Mount Fairy had a railway station on the Bombala railway line from 1886 to 1975. Its original name was Fairy Meadow, the name of the parish lying south of Merigan (which includes most of Mount Fairy) in the Mulloon area, but it was renamed to its current name in 1903.For many years, Mount Fairy was the site of a quarry, where dolomite was obtained for use in the iron and steel industry at Port Kembla.Mount Fairy had a state school from 1910 to 1931 and from 1946 to 1951, which generally operated as a "provisional" school, but it was a "half-time" school from 1929 to 1931.

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Type: Rural areas

Population: 101-1000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 91.368 km2

Elevation: 501-1000 metres

Town elevation: 751 m

Population number: 205

Local Government Area: Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council

Location

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council NSW, PO Box 90, Mount Fairy, NSW 2580

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Mount Fairy, New South Wales

Mount Fairy - Localista

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