Wyangala is a small village in the Lachlan Valley, near the junction of the Abercrombie and Lachlan Rivers, just below the Wyangala Dam wall. It is in the South West Slopes of New South Wales, Australia, and about 320 km (200 mi) west of the state capital, Sydney. The name is also used for the surrounding rural locality, which includes the site of the former mining village of Mount McDonald.
Wyangala village, looking towards St Vincent's Church, corner of Waugoola and Wirong Rds.
Portrait of Lachlan Macquarie 1874
Mt McDonald, ca. 1900
Mt McDonald, near Wyangala, late 1800s
The Lachlan River is an intermittent river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands, Central West, and Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia.
The Lachlan River at Cowra
The Lachlan River at Oxley