The Yass Valley Council area is located in south-eastern New South Wales. The Council area encompasses a total land area of about 4,000 square kilometres. The Yass Valley Council area is predominantly rural, with a township at Yass and villages at Binalong, Bookham, Bowning, Gundaroo, Murrumbateman, Sutton and Wee Jasper. Rural land is used largely for agriculture, particularly sheep grazing. Tourism and viticulture are also important industries.
NOTE: The land use shown in the map is derived from ABS Mesh Block categories. Mesh Blocks broadly identify land use and are not designed to provide definitive land use. It is purely an indicator of the main planned land use for a Mesh Blocks. For more information please refer to ABS Mesh Block categories.
Transportation Networks
- Barton Highway
- Federal Highway
- Hume Highway
- ITEM 4
- the main southern railway line
Distances
- Canberra GPO 60km
- Sydney GPO 280km
- Melbourne GPO 600km
Major Industrial Precincts
- Yass (north-west section)