Yalwal
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| Coordinates: 34°56′00″S 150°23′00″E / 34.93333°S 150.38333°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | South Coast | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 142 m (466 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2540 | ||||||||||||
| County | St Vincent | ||||||||||||
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Yalwal is the site of a former gold mining town of the same name. It is situated 29 km (18 mi) west of Nowra at the confluence of the Danjera and Yarramunmun Creeks, which then form Yalwal Creek which flows into the Shoalhaven River in New South Wales, Australia.
It is now the site of a City of Shoalhaven managed picnic area and Danjera Dam. Yalwal is also the name of a modern locality, which includes the former mining town but extends over an extensive area of forests to its south, which largely forms parts of the Morton National Park. It is also the name of a parish, which lies to the north of the former mining town and generally north of the locality of Yalwal, generally in the area of the modern locality of Ettrema.
The area now known as Yalwal lies on the traditional lands of Wandandian people, a group of Yuin people.