Lightning Ridge
- Local Government Area
- Walgett
- Postcode
- 2834
- Population
- 1,946
- Area
- 2,138.69 km²
- Coordinates
- -29.3173, 148.0065
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Lightning Ridge
Lightning Ridge is a small outback town in northern New South Wales, Australia. Part of Walgett Shire, Lightning Ridge is situated near the southern border of Queensland, about 6 km (4 mi) east of the Castlereagh Highway. The Lightning Ridge area is a centre of the mining of black opal and other opal gemstones.
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