Yerong Creek New South Wales Map
Explore Yerong Creek, New South Wales, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Yerong Creek, NSW map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Locality | Yerong Creek |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Lockhart Shire Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -35.39286 |
| Longitude | 147.06403 |
| Population | 343 |
| Density | 1.3 /km² |
| Area | 260.2 km² |
| Elevation | 215 m |
| Postcode | 2642 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 415 km west-southwest |
About Yerong Creek, New South Wales
Yerong Creek is a locality in the Lockhart Shire Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 343. The locality covers an area of 260.2 km², giving a population density of about 1.3 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 215 m above sea level. It lies approximately 415 km west-southwest of Sydney. Yerong Creek is located at 35.3929°S, 147.0640°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2642. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Yerong Creek lies on a broad, gently sloping plain, where the rich, ochre-red earth stretches out under an immense sky. It lies 83.0 km north of Wodonga, VIC (from Wodonga, VIC: bearing 11°T), and is situated 14.5 km north of Henty. Fields of wheat and barley, a patchwork of gold and green depending on the season, unfurl towards a horizon that seems to blur with the heat haze on warmer days. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of sun-baked stubble and the subtle perfume of eucalyptus from scattered shelter belts. Even the silence feels substantial, punctuated only by the distant drone of a tractor or the sharp cry of a bird of prey circling overhead.
This is a place shaped by the relentless cycle of the land, where the economy has long been tied to the cultivation of grain and the grazing of sheep. The story of Yerong Creek is one of hardy settlers, who, over generations, learned to coax abundance from this fertile, if sometimes unforgiving, country. You can still see the echoes of that history in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of the few buildings that make up the heart of the locality, and in the quiet pride with which its inhabitants speak of their connection to the soil. The lifeblood of Yerong Creek flows not in a great river, but in the underground aquifers and the dependable, if sometimes sparse, rainfall that sustains its agricultural vigour.
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About This Yerong Creek Map Page
This page provides a street and satellite map of Yerong Creek, New South Wales. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Yerong Creek, in the Lockhart Shire Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Yerong Creek includes the postcode (2642), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Lockhart Shire Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Yerong Creek is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |
