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Bylong (Co. Phillip) 32°25’S. 150°07’E., 38 km SW of Merriwa, on Bylong R.; farming and grazing; Angl. C. (St. Stephen’s) 1876, closed, and graveyard (44 graves 1881+; cheese factory estab. 1911 by W. H. McIllrie, closed 1926, defunct; gale 1923; hailstorm 1915; PO 1880, new one (in rented premises) 1915; Rom. Cath. C. (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) b. 1915 by Archer Bros., closed 2000, sold 2008, and graveyard (4 graves); telephone 1915; TX 1916, automatic 1984; pop. 269 (1911), 172 (1933), 198 (1947), 214 (1954), 191 (1961)1 .

References

1 Simpson, Phillip. Historical Guide to New South Wales. North Melbourne, Vic: Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, 2020, p. 137.

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