Canadian Lead, New South Wales
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Canadian Lead | |||||||||||||
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 Canadian Lead, New South Wales, c.1872 | |||||||||||||
  Canadian Lead | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 32°24′20″S 149°33′05″E / 32.4056609°S 149.5514962°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 11 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2859[2] | ||||||||||||
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Canadian Lead is a 19th-century gold rush town in rural New South Wales, Australia. It is 301 km to Sydney.[3]
In April 1872, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser reported that "...the Canadian lead, where a month ago some four hundred people were, can now boost of a couple of thousands."[4]
