Back Creek, New South Wales (Queanbeyan–Palerang)

Back Creek
New South Wales
Back Creek; New South Wales
	Back Creek
Coordinates	35°20′49″S 149°56′13″E / 35.34694°S 149.93694°E
Population	7 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)	2622
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
• Summer (DST)	AEDT (UTC+11)
LGA(s)	Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council
Region	Southern Tablelands
State electorate(s)	Monaro
Federal division(s)	Eden-Monaro

Back Creek is a small rural locality in the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council, part of the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.

The area now known as Back Creek lies on the traditional lands of Walbanga people, a group of Yuin.^[2]

The locality takes its name from the watercourse Back Creek, a left-bank tributary of Mongarlowe River.

At the 2021 census, the town recorded a population of 7.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Back Creek". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ Studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (18 June 2021). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

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