Sodwalls
New South Wales
Sodwalls is located in New South Wales
Sodwalls
Sodwalls
Coordinates33°30′56″S 149°59′42″E / 33.51556°S 149.99500°E / -33.51556; 149.99500
Population94 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)2790
Elevation925 m (3,035 ft)
Location
LGA(s)City of Lithgow
State electorate(s)Bathurst
Federal division(s)Calare

Sodwalls is a small hamlet in New South Wales, Australia

Sodwalls is located about 150 kilometres (93 mi) west of the state capital, Sydney and 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-west of the city of Lithgow.

The local tourist association claims that "between 1827 and 1829 a sod walls house with grass-thatched roof was built for troopers on Major Lockyers Road and called ‘Sodwalls.’"[2]

Sodwalls used to have a railway station on the Main Western Railway. This line is used by the Central West XPT service from Sydney to Dubbo with stops at Rydal to the east and Tarana to the west.

Theresa (Cissie) McLaughlin, a Catholic nun who was superior of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor in Sydney, was born in Sodwalls in 1890.

Heritage listings

Sodwalls has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Preceding station Former Services Following station
Tarana
towards Bourke
Main Western Line Rydal
towards Sydney

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Sodwalls (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. "Sodwalls". Lithgow Tourism Information. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. "Cox's Road and Early Deviations - Sodwalls, Fish River Descent Precinct". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01958. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.


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