Newrybar, New South Wales
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Newrybar | |
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  Newrybar | |
| Coordinates: 28°43′20″S 153°31′52″E / 28.72222°S 153.53111°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| LGA | |
| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Elevation | 123 m (404 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 532 (2021 census) |
| Postcode | 2479[1] |
Newrybar is a small historic village located in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales; it is 16 kms south of Byron Bay.[2][3] It is on the lands of the Bundjalung people.[4]
The town's name appears to have been derived from a Yugambeh–Bundjalung words, "Nury" or "Nurybar", which mean 'climbing vine' or 'the places where vines grow'.[5][6][7][8][9]
At the 2021 census, it had a permanent population of 532.[10]
