Clarence, New South Wales
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| Clarence New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Clarence | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°28′25″S 150°13′34″E / 33.47361°S 150.22611°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 200 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,112.8 m (3,651 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Lithgow | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bathurst | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Calare | ||||||||||||||
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Clarence is a location in New South Wales, Australia. It was originally a railway outpost on the original railway line across the Blue Mountains, but by 1908 when Clarence was used as headquarters for the Ten Tunnels Deviation works, the town population had flourished to over 5,000 residents, the majority being the navvies employed on the deviation works. When the deviation was opened in 1910, the town population quickly fell, despite a new platform built on the new deviation.
Clarence was originally a railway outpost on the Main Western railway line. The original railway station was opened in 1869 and closed in 1910 when the Zig Zag Railway was bypassed for the Ten Tunnels Deviation.
Population
In the 2021 Census, there were 200 people in Clarence. 78% of people were born in Australia and 87.5% of people spoke only English at home.[2]
