Broulee, New South Wales
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Broulee Island looking south from Burri Point | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 35°51′26″S 150°10′44″E / 35.8572°S 150.1789°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 1,947 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2537 | ||||||||||||
| County | Dampier | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Broulee | ||||||||||||
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Broulee is a town on the south coast of New South Wales between Batemans Bay and Moruya. At the 2016 census, the town had a population of 1,717. Just off the beach is Broulee Island, currently joined to the mainland, but in past years the connecting spit has been covered by water, at times a very deep navigable channel with a strong current.
The first harbour in the area south of Batemans Bay was established at Broulee behind what is now known as the island. Although settlement had already commenced on the shores of the nearby Moruya River, it was not easily navigable due to a sandbar at its mouth.