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Region in New South Wales, Australia

Southern Tablelands

Southern Tablelands

Key facts

instance ofregion
countryAustralia
located in the administrative territorial entityNew South Wales
All data from the card 6
Country
Australia
State
New South Wales
Region
Capital Country
LGAs
Goulburn MulwareeHilltopsQueanbeyan-PalerangUpper LachlanYass Valley
• State electorates
GoulburnCootamundraMonaro
• Federal divisions
Eden-MonaroRiverina

The Southern Tablelands is a geographic area of New South Wales, Australia, located south-west of Sydney and generally west of the Great Dividing Range.

The area is characterised by high, flat country which has generally been extensively cleared and used for grazing purposes. The area is easily accessible to the Australian federal capital city of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. The area is included with the Southern Highlands and parts of the South West Slopes in the district that is known as Capital Country. In a wider sense, the term "Southern Tablelands" is also sometimes used to describe a broader region that includes the Monaro, the Southern Highlands and Australia's capital Canberra. The Southern Tablelands Temperate Grassland is a prominent vegetation community in the region.

Media

93.5 Eagle FM, a radio station based in Goulburn, broadcasts to the majority of the Southern Tablelands. In terms of ABC Local Radio, Goulburn is covered by ABC Central West and Yass is served by ABC Radio Canberra.

Transport

Air

Goulburn Airport is only airport in the region but only serves General aviation with no passenger flights to and from the airport. However, Canberra Airport is mostly used by residents from the region.

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