Mount Fairy New South Wales |
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Mount Fairy, looking towards Capital Wind Farm
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Coordinates | 35°09′57″S 149°35′02″E / 35.16583°S 149.58389°ECoordinates: 35°09′57″S 149°35′02″E / 35.16583°S 149.58389°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 205 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2580 | ||||||||||||||
Location | 59 km (37 mi) ENE of Canberra | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
Region | Southern Tablelands | ||||||||||||||
County | Murray | ||||||||||||||
Parish | Merigan | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Monaro | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Eden-Monaro | ||||||||||||||
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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 Mount Fairy) in the Mulloon area, but it was renamed to its current name in 1903.