Oaklands, New South Wales

For other places with the same name, see Oaklands.

Oaklands is a town in the Riverina district of southern New South Wales, Australia. It is 615 kilometres south-west of the state capital, Sydney, and 105 kilometres north-west of Albury. Oaklands is in the Federation Council local government area and, at the 2021 census, had a population of 304.^[1]

Oaklands New South Wales
Milthorpe Street, the main street of Oaklands, 2009
Oaklands
Coordinates	35°32′0″S 146°10′0″E
Population	304 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2646
Elevation	128 m (420 ft)
Location	615 km (382 mi) SW of Sydney 335 km (208 mi) NW of Melbourne 144 km (89 mi) SW of Wagga Wagga 61 km (38 mi) NW of Corowa
LGA(s)	Federation Council
County	Urana
State electorate(s)	Murray
Federal division(s)	Farrer

Oaklands has a pub, bowls club, swimming pool, kindergarten-to-Year-12 school, and a day-care centre.

History

The earliest European settlers in the district of Oaklands were the Tyson brothers, James and William, who established themselves in 1846. ^[2]

Oaklands post office was opened on 16 June 1890.^[3]

The major industry in the Oaklands region is agriculture, including the production of wheat and rice and is a major grain handling area. It is the home of the Oaklands Diuris, a threatened native orchid that is currently only found in the Oaklands region.^[4]

Rail

A standard gauge branch line from the New South Wales Government Railways Main South line at The Rock was extended from Lockhart to Oaklands in 1912.^[5]

A broad gauge branch line from the Victorian Railways North East line at Benalla was extended from Yarrawonga to Oaklands in 1938, creating a break-of-gauge station until the New South Wales line was closed south of Boree Creek. There were several stations between Yarrawonga and Oaklands, which are now the site of grains silos.^[6]

After the conversion to standard gauge of the Victorian North East railway in 2008, the Oaklands branch was for a time a gauge orphan. Following persistent lobbying, the 113-kilometre (70 mi) branch was also converted to standard gauge.

Oaklands is 321 km by rail from Melbourne,^[6] and was 675 km by rail from Sydney.^[5]

Preceding station	Former services			Following station
Terminus		Oaklands Line		Coorabin towards The Rock

Gallery

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  Former post office, 2009
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  Australian rules football ground, 2009
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  Former butcher shop, 2009
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  Former CBC bank, 2009