Goonellabah, New South Wales — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Goonellabah, in the Lismore City Council local government area.
| Locality | Goonellabah |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Lismore City Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -28.82919 |
| Longitude | 153.32023 |
| Population | 13,351 |
| Density | 567.6 /km² |
| Area | 23.5 km² |
| Elevation | 171 m |
| Postcode | 2480 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 595 km north-northeast |
Goonellabah is a locality in the Lismore City Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It has a population of 13,351. The locality covers an area of 23.5 km², giving a population density of about 567.6 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 171 m above sea level. It lies approximately 595 km north-northeast of Sydney. Goonellabah is located at 28.8292°S, 153.3202°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2480. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Goonellabah climbs the gentle slopes overlooking the heart of the Northern Rivers, a place where the air hums with the distant murmur of the Pacific and the richer, earthier scent of damp rainforest soil. It lies 84.6 km south of Robina, QLD (from Robina, QLD: bearing 185°T), and is situated 13.0 km west of Alstonville. The landscape here is a generous spread of rolling hills, softened by the persistent green of grazing land and pockets of dense bushland that cling to the gullies. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, spills across the rooftops and paddocks with a buttery luminescence, catching the dew on the broad leaves of banana plantations and lending a golden sheen to the corrugated iron of farm sheds. The character of Goonellabah is etched in this easy transition between settled acreage and wilder, more untamed country, a place where the urban fringe feels less like a boundary and more like a permeable membrane.
The story of Goonellabah is tied to the fertile alluvial plains of the Richmond River and the westward expansion from the coastal settlements, a journey marked by the establishment of dairy farms and timber mills that once defined the local economy. This hinterland community, once a collection of scattered farms and small holdings, grew into a significant regional centre, serving as a vital hub for neighbouring agricultural districts. The legacy of those early days is still palpable in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture and the enduring connection to the land, a connection that now embraces a wider range of industries including retail, education, and increasingly, tourism drawn to the region's natural beauty. Even the rain here has a distinct character, falling not in sudden deluges but often as a soft, persistent curtain that washes the dust from the leaves and deepens the colours of the surrounding countryside.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Goonellabah, New South Wales with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Goonellabah, in the Lismore City Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Goonellabah includes the postcode (2480), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Lismore City Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Goonellabah is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |