Oaklands, New South Wales

Oaklands New South Wales
Milthorpe Street, the main street of Oaklands
Oaklands
Population:	239[1]
Postcode:	2646
Elevation:	128 m (420 ft)
Location:	615 km (382 mi) SW of Sydney 335 km (208 mi) NW of Melbourne 144 km (89 mi) SW of Wagga Wagga 61 km (38 mi) NW of Corowa
LGA:	Urana Shire
County:	Urana
State District:	Murray-Darling
Federal Division:	Farrer

Oaklands is a town in the Riverina district of southern New South Wales, Australia. The town is located 615 kilometres south west of the state capital, Sydney and 105 kilometres north west of Albury. Oaklands is in the Urana Shire Local government area and at the 2006 census, had a population of 239.^[1].

Oaklands Post Office opened on 16 June 1890. ^[2]

The major industry in the Oaklands region is agriculture, including the production of wheat and rice and is a major grain handling area. It is the home of the Oaklands Diuris, a threatened native orchid that is currently only found in the Oaklands region.^[3]

Transport

Rail

A standard gauge branch line from the New South Wales Government Railways Main Southern railway line at The Rock was extended from Lockhart to Oaklands in 1912.^[4] A broad gauge branch line from the Victorian Railways Melbourne-Albury railway line at Benalla was extended from Yarrawonga to Oaklands in 1938, creating a break-of-gauge until the New South Wales Government Railways line was closed south of Boree Creek.

There are several stations between Yarrawonga and Oaklands. ^[5]

Gauge conversion

With the conversion of the North East railway to Albury, New South Wales to standard gauge, starting 2008, the Oaklands branch railway becomes a gauge orphan. After much lobbying in parliament and by the community, the 113km branch has been converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in).

Mileposts

Oaklands is at least 313.127km from Melbourne and 674.580km from Sydney.

Preceding station		NSW Branch lines		Following station
Terminus		Oaklands Line (closed section)		Coorabin towards The Rock

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Oaklands (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL162000&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-09-01. 
2. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country=. Retrieved 2009-06-11. 
3. ^ NSW Department of Environment and Conservation - Oaklands Diuris Retrieved 1 November 2006
4. ^ "Oaklands Branch". www.nswrail.net. http://www.nswrail.net/lines/show.php?name=NSW:oaklands. Retrieved 2006-12-11. 
5. ^ Yarrawong to Oaklands

External links

• Urana Shire Council - Official Site

Coordinates: 35°32′S 146°10′E / 35.533°S 146.167°E / -35.533; 146.167