Richlands, New South Wales

Richlands
New South Wales
Richlands
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates34°18′57″S 149°48′02″E / 34.31583°S 149.80056°E / -34.31583; 149.80056
Population48 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)2580
Elevation929 m (3,048 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Upper Lachlan Shire
RegionSouthern Tablelands
CountyArgyle
ParishGuineacor
State electorate(s)Goulburn
Federal division(s)Riverina
Localities around Richlands:
Yalbraith Curraweela Wiarborough
Golspie Richlands Wombeyan Caves
Stonequarry Taralga Taralga

Richlands is a locality in the Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It lies about 5 km north of Taralga and about 95 km south of Oberon on the road from Goulburn to Oberon and Bathurst. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 34. It had a school from June 1868 to August 1879, which was designated as a "provisional school" for eight months and then as a "half-time" school. It also had a school from 1884 to 1915 and from 1918 to 1953, classified most commonly as a "provisional school", but for periods as a "house to house", "half-time" or "public" school. It was called Abercrombie school until 1894.