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 Broughton Vale | |||||||||||||
  Broughton Vale Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 34°43′57″S 150°43′02″E / 34.73250°S 150.71722°E / -34.73250; 150.71722 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | South Coast | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 212 m (696 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 165 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2535 | ||||||||||||
| County | Camden | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Broughton | ||||||||||||
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Broughton Vale is a locality in the City of Shoalhaven in New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] It lies north of the Princes Highway at Berry between Nowra and Gerringong and on Broughton Mill creek. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 165.[1] Broughton Vale is not to be confused with Broughton Village or Broughton, which both lie to its immediate east.
The locality is named after Broughton, a local Dharawal man who was employed as a guide and intermediary for the early British colonists.[4]
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Broughton Vale". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- "Broughton Vale". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- "Broughton Vale". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- Campbell, Keith (2005). Broughton. Canberra: Australian Dictionary of Biography.