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Yass is an attractive town 3 hours from Sydney that is now bypassed by the Hume Freeway. Yass is a farming centre for mainly wool and canola crops, as well as being close to the Murrumbateman wineries. Lake Burrinjuck lies to the south-west of the town and is a popular water sport and picnicking area. It is also the major entry point for traffic entering to Canberra from the north and west.

• Population: 5466 1
• Postcode: 2582
• Location: 279 km southwest of Sydney
• Main Roads: Barton Hwy A25, Hume Hwy M31, Lachlan Valley Way B81 and Burley Griffin Way B94
• Radio Stations: FM: ABC Riverina (89.9 MHz), Hit 104.7 Canberra (104.7 MHz), Mix 106.3 (106.3 MHz), Triple J (101.5 MHz) and Yass FM (100.3 MHz). AM: ABC Central West (549 kHz), ABC Classic (102.3 MHz), ABC News on Radio (103.9 MHz), ABC Radio Canberra (666 kHz), ABC Radio Sydney (702 kHz)

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	Caption Title: Looking northwest along Comur Street (Old Hume Hwy), Yass, December 2002. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Caption Title: Looking northwest along Comur Street (Old Hume Hwy), approaching the Meehan St intersection, Yass, December 2002. Image © Michael Greenslade

1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016 Census Quickstats, Yass (UCL)

Last updated: 27-Oct-2021 13:29

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