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Town in New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peasants Nest is a small village in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, near Bargo in Wollondilly Shire.
Peasants Nest New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°15′21″S 150°38′08″E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 716 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2574 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 292 m (958 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Wollondilly Shire | ||||||||||||||
Region | Macarthur | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Wollondilly | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Hume | ||||||||||||||
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The area was inhabited by the Dharawal and Gundungurra peoples for tens of thousands of years.[2]
White settlers first recorded sightings of the koala, lyrebird, and wombat in the area, with ex-convict John Wilson describing the lyrebird as a peasant, and this is the mostly likely origin of the name.[3][4]
Peasants Nest has a northbound and southbound roadhouse on the Hume Highway, and also serves as a freeway exit between Picton and Yerrinbool.
At the 2021 census, Peasants Nest had a population of 716 people.[5]
The Peasants Nest Rural Fire Brigade consists of a two-way bin station. Housed in the station is the brigade's Cat 1 Tanker, code name Peasants Nest 1 and the brigade's Cat 9 vehicle, code name Peasants Nest 9.[citation needed]
Journalist Louise Milligan's debut novel, a crime fiction thriller published in March 2024, is named after the town. It refers in particular to a notorious suicide spot, Peasants Nest bridge, which crosses the Nepean River on the Hume Highway.[6]
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