Colo Vale

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Colo Vale

Total population

1,528

Coordinates-34.40°, 150.48°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Colo Vale is a Northern Village of the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. Colo Vale is approximately 100 km south west on the Hume Highway from Sydney. It is situated 2 km north-west of Aylmerton, 5 km from the Hume Highway and 12 km drive to Mittagong. The surrounding area is part of the Parish of Colo which includes the villages of Aylmerton, Willow Vale, Alpine and Yerrinbool. Colo Vale has a mixed-business general store and many home-based businesses, including hairdressers, small manufacturing businesses and a large native plant nursery and a Public School on Wattle Street. A large sporting oval is located adjacent to the school with tennis courts, a community hall and a Rural Fire Service station.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Donald Metcalf

Australian medical researcher (1929–2014)

John Bloomfield

Australian sport academic; (born 1932)

John McCallum

school teacher and politician, Senator for New South Wales, Australia (1892–1973)

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Lillian May Armfield

Pioneering Sydney female police detective

Lorrae Desmond

Australian actress (1929-2021)

Lucy Turnbull

Australian businesswoman

John Street

Australian politician (1832-1891)

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Carl Henry Kaeppel

(1887-1946) educationist

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Melody Eötvös

Australian classical composer (born 1984)

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Dene Barnett

Australian academic and theatre director/producer

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Duall

Indigenous Australian outlaw and explorer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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