Lue, 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 Lue, in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area.
| Locality | Lue |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Mid-Western Regional Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -32.64503 |
| Longitude | 149.84142 |
| Population | 188 |
| Density | 1.6 /km² |
| Area | 120.0 km² |
| Elevation | 578 m |
| Postcode | 2850 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 186 km northwest |
Lue is a locality in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 188. The locality covers an area of 120.0 km², giving a population density of about 1.6 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 578 m above sea level. It lies approximately 186 km northwest of Sydney. Lue is located at 32.6450°S, 149.8414°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2850. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Lue unfurls across a gentle undulation of country, where the ochre earth softens into pale green pastures. It lies 89.5 km north-north-east of Bathurst, NSW (from Bathurst, NSW: bearing 16°T), and is situated 25.1 km east of Mudgee. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of drying grass and the distant, lowing call of cattle, a sound that seems to hang in the wide, pale blue sky. Sunlight, buttery and warm, spills over the low hills, catching the silvery undersides of gum leaves and painting long shadows across the paddocks. Here and there, the sturdy, weathered timber of farmhouses stands sentinel, their verandas offering a cool respite from the sun’s persistent gaze. The landscape breathes a quiet resilience, a beauty that is not flamboyant but enduring, like the patient growth of a hardy bush.
The history of Lue is written in the land itself, a narrative shaped by the pastoral ambitions of early settlers and the enduring bounty of its soil. For generations, this has been a place of farming and grazing, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the work of hand and hoof. While the land has yielded its produce, it has also witnessed the slow passage of time, the quiet unfolding of lives lived close to the earth. The local economy remains rooted in these traditions, with sheep and cattle still forming the backbone of agricultural activity. Occasionally, travellers might pause to admire the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of the old schoolhouse, a silent testament to the generations of children who once learned their letters beneath its roof, their voices now just echoes in the wind.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Lue, 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 Lue, in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Lue includes the postcode (2850), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Mid-Western 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 Lue 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. |