- Wee Jasper, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Wee Jasper
state = nsw
caption = Bridge across theGoodradigbee River at Wee Jasper
lga =Yass Valley Council
postcode = 2582
pop = 349 (within 7 km radius) [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AS/2/Wee_Jasper.html www.fallingrain.com/world/AS/2/Wee_Jasper] ]
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elevation= 617
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county = Buccleuch
stategov = Burrinjuck
fedgov = Hume
dist1 = 35
location1= Canberra
dist2 = 54
location2= YassWee Jasper is a village of about 80 people in the Goodradigbee valley at the western foot of the
Brindabella Ranges , nearBurrinjuck Dam inNew South Wales ,Australia in Yass Valley Shire. It is located 35 km north-west ofCanberra and 54 km south-west of Yass.Near the village are several camping and recreation reserves close to numerous caves. The most well known cave is Carey's Cave.
Fossils, including members of the
Acanthothoracid placoderm fish familyWeejasperaspididae , the primitive placoderm "Brindabellaspis stensioi " and the prehistoriclungfish , "Dipnorhynchus cathlesae", have been found in the area. [cite web | last = Campbell | first = K.S.W. | authorlink = | coauthors = R.E. Barwick | year = 1999 | url = http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1301.pdf | title = A New Species of the Devonian Lungfish Dipnorhynchus from Wee Jasper, New South Wales | format = pdf | work = Records of the Australian Museum 51(2): 123–140. | publisher =Australian Museum | accessdate = 2007-01-30]Additional images of Wee Jasper
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