Canbelego
Canbelego | |
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A house at Canbelego that dates from its days as a gold mining village. (Taken in 2017.) | |
Canbelego Location in New South Wales | |
Interactive map of Canbelego | |
| Coordinates: 31°33′24″S 146°19′11″E / 31.55667°S 146.31972°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| Region | Orana |
| LGA | |
| Location | |
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| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 54 (2021 census) |
| Postcode | 2835 |
| County | Robinson, Canbelego |
| Parish | Cohn, Florida |
Canbelego is a village in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is now virtually a ghost town but was once a much larger settlement associated with the Mount Boppy Gold Mine. The name (pronounced can-bell-ee-go) also refers to the surrounding rural locality identified for postal and statistical purposes. At the 2021 census, the population of Canbelego, including its surrounding area, was 54, up from 39 in 2016, but the village itself had only four residents in early 2020. Between 1907 and 1917, the population was around 2,000.