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Lightning Ridge is a small outback town in north-western New South Wales, Australia. Part of Walgett Shire, Lightning Ridge is situated ne…
Lightning Ridge is a small outback town in north-western New South Wales, Australia. Part of Walgett Shire, Lightning Ridge is situated near the southern border of Queensland, about 6 km east of the Castlereagh Highway. The Lightning Ridge area is a centre of the mining of black opal and other opal gemstones.
  • Population: 2,284 (2016 census)
  • Established: 1922
  • Postcode(s): 2834
  • Elevation: 170 m (558 ft)
  • Location: 74 km (46 mi) N of Walgett · 720 km (447 mi) NW of Sydney
  • County: Finch
  • LGA(s): Walgett Shire

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