Lacmalac, New South Wales

Town in New South Wales, Australia

35°19′06″S 148°19′32″E / 35.31833°S 148.32556°E / -35.31833; 148.32556Population146 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)2720Elevation374 m (1,227 ft)Location

9 km (6 mi) from Tumut
19 km (12 mi) from Gocup

County Buccleuch State electorate(s)Wagga Wagga

Lacmalac is a rural community in the central east part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 9 kilometres east of Tumut and 19 kilometres south east of Gocup.

A part of the localities now known as Lacmalac and Little River was one of the sites proposed for Australia's national capital city. it was one of two sites near Tumut; the other being at Gadara to the west of Tumut. If the proposal for a new city at Little River-Laclamac had come to fruition, the Tumut railway line would have been extended to the area and a dam built on Goobarragandra River to provide a water supply.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Notes and references

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lacmalac (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "TUMUT AS THE CAPITAL". Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930). 10 October 1903. p. 9. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "General plan of country surrounding suggested Federal Capital site in the locality of Tumut, N.S.W. No. 15 [cartographic material] : shewing approximately city site, proposed water supply, railways, &c". Trove. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Sketch map showing proposed Federal Territory and capital site at Tumut [cartographic material] : Parishes of Adelong, Calafat, Gadara, Gilmore, Minjary, Tumut, Werebolder & Wondalga, County of Wynyard N.S.W., 1900". Trove. Retrieved 19 March 2021.