Linden, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Linden
city = Blue Mountains
state = NSW


caption =
lga = City of Blue Mountains
postcode = 2778
est =
pop = 427 (2006) [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ProductSelect?newproducttype=QuickStats&btnSelectProduct=View+QuickStats+%3E&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC11595&geography=&method=&productlabel=&producttype=&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=LP&topholder=0&leftholder=0&currentaction=201&action=401&textversion=false 2006 Census QuickStats : Linden (State Suburb) ] ]
area =
propval =
stategov =
fedgov = Macquarie
near-nw = "Blue Mountains National Park"
near-n =
near-ne = Faulconbridge
near-w = Woodford
near-e =
near-sw =
near-s = "Blue Mountains National Park"
near-se =
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Linden is a village in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the City of Blue Mountains, 81 km west of Sydney. The village is on the Great Western Highway and has a station on the Main Western railway line served by CityRail's Blue Mountains services.

Description and History

The railway station at Linden was built in 1874 and was named after Linden Lodge, the home built in 1865 by local business man William Henderson ["Origin of Blue Mountains Town Names" [http://www.bmcc.nsw.org.au Blue Mountains City Council] ] . Linden was originally known as Seventeen Mile Hollow because of its location 17 miles (27.35km) from the Nepean River. It was originally the location of a tollhouse erected in 1849 and demolished in the 1860s during the construction of the railway.

The village is near the grave of John Donohue, a police officer reputedly shot by a bushranger. It is also near Caley's Repulse, a mound of rocks in the shape of a pyramid that is believed to have been constructed by Aborigines. Other nearby attractions include King's Cave and Linden Observatory.

Linden Creek, which carves a deep valley on the north side of Linden, is a major tributary of the Grose River.

Linden shares the 2778 postcode and thus a post office with adjoining Woodford, so there are no official figures on the population of Linden alone. In 2006, the combined population of Linden and Woodford was 2,397, including 9 indigenous persons (0.0038%) per 2006 ABS census figures. ["2006 ABS census figures" [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/download?format=xls&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Ancestry%20by%20Country%20of%20Birth%20of%20Parents&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&areacode=POA2778] ]

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