Kiandra, 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 Kiandra, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area.
| Locality | Kiandra |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Snowy Monaro Regional Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -35.88355 |
| Longitude | 148.47856 |
| Area | 54.4 km² |
| Elevation | 1404 m |
| Postcode | 2629 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 335 km southwest |
Kiandra is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The locality covers an area of 54.4 km². It sits at an elevation of around 1404 m above sea level. It lies approximately 335 km southwest of Sydney. Kiandra is located at 35.8835°S, 148.4786°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2629. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Kiandra sits high in the Snowy Monaro, a sentinel against the vast Australian sky, its rough-hewn timber buildings clinging to a landscape sculpted by ancient glaciers and dusted with the fine grit of alpine winds. It lies 145.1 km east of Wodonga, VIC (from Wodonga, VIC: bearing 80°T), and is situated 40.6 km east-south-east of Tumbarumba. The air here carries a crispness that bites at the lungs, a constant reminder of the elevation, and the light, particularly in the late afternoon, can cast long, theatrical shadows across the undulating hills, painting the sparse tussock grass in hues of ochre and burnished gold. Around the edges of the settlement, the land falls away into rugged valleys, cloaked in hardy eucalyptus and hardy wattles, their branches often brittle with frost. The silence here is profound, broken only by the sigh of the wind or the distant bleating of sheep.
This is a place that remembers the roar of gold, a history etched into the very bones of the earth, and Kiandra was once a bustling hub during the gold rushes of the 1860s, a rough-and-tumble frontier town where fortunes were made and lost with dizzying speed. Though the pickaxes are long silent, the echoes of that fervent past still seem to linger in the weathered facades of the old hotel and the remnants of stone foundations scattered across the hillsides. Today, Kiandra’s economy is intrinsically tied to the rhythms of the surrounding high country, with grazing and tourism forming the bedrock of its livelihood. Skiers and snowboarders flock here in winter to conquer the slopes, while summer brings hikers and nature lovers eager to explore the pristine alpine wilderness, a starkly beautiful terrain that once pulsed with the dreams of gold seekers.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Kiandra, 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 Kiandra, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Kiandra includes the postcode (2629), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Snowy Monaro Regional Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer 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 Kiandra 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. |