Lightning Ridge, NSW, 2834
Posted by: 
jinkson
S 29° 25.631 E 147° 58.823
55J E 595097 N 6744285
Lightning Ridge Post Office Morilla Street Lightning Ridge.
Waymark Code: WMEGH1
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 05/27/2012
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Lightning Ridge is a town in north-western New South Wales, Australia, near the southern border of Queensland. The Lightning Ridge area is a world epicentre of the mining of black opals and other opal gemstones.
Lightning Ridge has the largest known deposits of black opals in the world. The name Lightning Ridge is said to have originated when in the 1870's some passers by found the bodies of a farmer, his dog and 600 sheep which had been struck by lightning.
At the 2006 census, Lightning Ridge had a population of 2,602 people.
State/Territory: NSW
Post Boxes: Yes
Historical Significance: No
Current use: Yes
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