Grenfell

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Grenfell

Total population

2,022

Coordinates-33.90°, 148.16°

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

Overview

Grenfell is a town in Weddin Shire in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is 370 km (230 mi) west of Sydney. It is close to Forbes, Cowra and Young. At the 2011 census, Grenfell had a population of 1,996. The town is served daily by connecting NSW TrainLink services from Sydney via Bathurst and Lithgow. Grenfell is approximately 4+3⁄4 hours from Sydney and 2+1⁄2 hours from Canberra.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Henry Lawson

Australian writer and poet (1867–1922)

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Jan Lehane

Australian tennis player

Denis Michael Rohan

Australian criminal

Stan McCabe

Australian cricketer (1910-1968)

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Josh Bateman

Australian rugby league footballer

Kevin Ellis

Australian politician

Ray Septimus Maher

Australian politician (1911-1966)

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Margaret Sylvia Gilliland

Australian biochemist (1917–1990)

Clare Hunt

Australian association football player

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Alan Knyvett

Australian gastroenterologist and hospital administrator

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Eric Rolls

Australian farmer and environmentalist (1923-2007)

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Annie Isabella Sillar

Australian housewife (30 November 1896 - 23 January 1933)

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Allan Row

Australian surgeon

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

Nearby places in New South Wales

• Quandong
  1.5 mi away
• Mogongong
  7.5 mi away
• Driftway
  9.1 mi away
• Tyagong
  13.2 mi away
• Kikiamah
  13.9 mi away
• Tipperary Flat
  26.7 mi away
• Burrangong
  27.3 mi away
• Shirrenden Hill
  29.1 mi away
• Geradon
  30.4 mi away
• Wambanumba
  31.6 mi away
• Trajere
  31.8 mi away
• Nangar
  39.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Grenfell

Letters from Grenfell

Thomas George Cottome · 1971

Golden granary

William Alan Bayley · 1954

The Story of The Committee of 300

John Coleman · 2000

Search results from Open Library.