Brackendale, New South Wales
Town in New South Wales, Australia
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Brackendale is a rural locality situated on the Riamukka Road about 29 kilometres south of Walcha, New South Wales within the Walcha Shire local government area on the Northern Tablelands in Australia.
Brackendale | |
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Brackendale church | |
  Brackendale | |
| Coordinates: 31°13′S 151°42′E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
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| Elevation | 1,229 m (4,032 ft) |
| Postcode | 2354 |
| County | Vernon |
Brackendale was officially recognised as a locality in 1968[1] and currently comprises several houses and a church. The principal local industry is sheep and beef cattle breeding.
Orundumbi Post Office opened on 1 October 1892 and was renamed Brackendale in 1924.[2]
The single-teacher Brackendale Public School closed in 1989.[3]
In 2007, Brackendale and surrounding farms were quarantined following an outbreak of equine influenza.[4]
