Byng, New South Wales
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| Coordinates: 33°21′03.8″S 149°15′15.8″E / 33.351056°S 149.254389°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | Central West | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 866 m (2,841 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 297 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2800 | ||||||||||||
| County | Bathurst County | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Byng | ||||||||||||
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Byng, New South Wales is a locality in Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. There was once a village of the same name, now a ghost town, although its church and cemetery still exist. An earlier settler's name of the locality was Cornish Settlement. The locality was a site of mining for copper and gold, and has associations with the discovery of the payable gold in Australia, at Ophir during 1851.