Sassafras (/sæsəfræs/) is a locality in the City of Shoalhaven in New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] It lies on the Braidwood Road (which was originally built as the Wool Road), where it passes over the coastal escarpment on the road between Nowra and Nerriga. This road continues southwest to Braidwood, but this involves a section of unsealed road. (Now sealed between Nowra and Nerriga and further). The sealed Oallen Ford Road branches off south of Nerriga, which connects via various sealed roads to Canberra and Goulburn. Sassafras is a small community of orchards in an area of extensive national parks. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 31.[4]
| Sassafras New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Sassafras | |||||||||||||||
  Sassafras Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°04′57″S 150°15′02″E / 35.08250°S 150.25056°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 18 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2622 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 775 m (2,543 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Shoalhaven | ||||||||||||||
| Region | South Coast | ||||||||||||||
| County | St Vincent | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Sassafras | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Gilmore | ||||||||||||||
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References
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- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Sassafras (NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Sassafras". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ "Sassafras". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sassafras (NSW)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
Further reading
edit- Snedden, Robert Charles (1996). Sassafras: the story of the Post Town at Sassafras Mountain on the old Wool Road in the County of St. Vincent. Duffy, A.C.T.: R. C. Snedden. ISBN 0646259822. OCLC 38411506.
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