Tuena
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| Coordinates: 34°02′S 149°20′E / 34.033°S 149.333°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | Southern Tablelands | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 490 m (1,610 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 81 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2583 | ||||||||||||
| County | Georgiana | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Yarraman | ||||||||||||
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Tuena is a town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in Upper Lachlan Shire. It is located on Tuena Creek, tributary of the Abercrombie River, 269 km (167 mi) west of the state capital, Sydney. At the 2016 census, Tuena and the surrounding area had a population of 59.
Only nine months after the first payable discovery of gold in Australia at Ophir (start of the Australian gold rushes), gold was found at Tuena.