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Also known as Mudgee, New South Wales, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Mudgee () is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the broad fertile Cudgegong River valley north-west of Sydney and is the largest town in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area as well as being the council seat. At the 2021 Census, its population was 11,457. The district lies across the edge of the geological structure known as the Sydney Basin.

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Australian place.type
town
Australian place.name
Mudgee
Australian place.state
NSW
Australian place.image
Mudgee Roundabout.jpg
Australian place.caption
View of the town centre, showing War Memorial Clock Tower
Australian place.pop
11457
Australian place.pop_year
2021
Australian place.postcode
2850
Australian place.elevation
454
Australian place.maxtemp
23.0
Australian place.mintemp
8.3
Australian place.rainfall
673.9
Australian place.region
Central West
Australian place.county
Wellington
Australian place.lga
Mid-Western Regional Council
Australian place.stategov
Dubbo
Australian place.fedgov
Calare
Australian place.dist1
270

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Population
11563
Elevation
459
Image
Mudgee, New South Wales, Clock.jpg
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postal code
2850
inception
1822-00-00
native label
Mudgee
Commons category
Mudgee
male population
5333
female population
5594
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Mudgee () is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the broad fertile Cudgegong River valley north-west of Sydney and is the largest town in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area as well as being the council seat. At the 2021 Census, its population was 11,457. The district lies across the edge of the geological structure known as the Sydney Basin.

==History== === Wiradjuri people === The Mudgee and Dabee clans of the Wiradjuri people lived at and around the site of what is now the town of Mudgee on the Cudgegong River. Some cultural and tool-making sites of these Aboriginal people remain, including the Hands on the Rocks, The Drip and Babyfoot Cave sites.

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