Yackandandah

Featured view

Yackandandah

Total population

1,113

Coordinates-36.31°, 146.84°

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

Overview

Yackandandah is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia. It is near the regional cities of Wodonga and Albury, and is close to the town of Beechworth. At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 1,113, while the broader Yackandandah locality had a population of 2,008.

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

G

George Henry Bosch

Australian philanthropist

Bill Hickey

Australian rules footballer (1880–1969)

W

Wal Riddington

Australian rules footballer (1893-1954)

Rod Boswell

Australian physicist (born 1932)

L

Laurie Raine

Australian rules footballer

A

Addis Priestley

Australian rules footballer (1903-1984)

J

John Cooper

Australian rules footballer

H

Howard Day

Australian rules footballer (1917–1998)

J

John McDermott

Australian rules footballer

Henry Jewett

Australian-born actor who worked in the United States (1862-1930)

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

Nearby places in Victoria

• Wooragee
  6.2 mi away
• Stanley
  7.8 mi away
• Baranduda
  10.8 mi away · pop. 1,950
• Tangambalanga
  11.5 mi away · pop. 412
• Barnawartha
  17.1 mi away · pop. 572
• Chiltern
  17.1 mi away · pop. 1,208
• Eldorado
  17.6 mi away · pop. 273
• Bellbridge
  19.4 mi away · pop. 393
• Ovens
  19.5 mi away
• Bethanga
  19.5 mi away · pop. 198
• Byawatha
  19.7 mi away
• Tallangatta
  20 mi away · pop. 1,016

Browse all places in Victoria →

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 Yackandandah

The human crisis of change in agriculture

P. W. Salmon · 1977

The Kelly dance

John Romeril · 1986

Eliot loves Diana

Andrew Dal-Bosco · 1989

The ballad of Angel's alley

Jeff Underhill · 1989

Flash Jim Vaux

Blair, Ron · 1990

Red, white and boogie

Peter Pinne · 1989

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Rosy sandcrocus

Romulea rosea

Seen 2026-08-21

Tawny Frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

Seen 2026-08-19

Silver wattle

Acacia dealbata

Seen 2026-08-19

Ovens wattle

Acacia pravissima

Seen 2026-08-19

Lilly Pilly leaf beetle

Paropsides calypso

Seen 2026-08-19

Krefft's Glider

Petaurus notatus

Seen 2026-08-17

Crimson Rosella

Platycercus elegans

Seen 2026-08-16

Yellow Rosella

Platycercus elegans flaveolus

Seen 2026-08-16

Eastern Ring-tailed Possum

Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Seen 2026-08-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).