What is Araluen, New South Wales?
{{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Araluen | state = nsw | image = http://www.aussietowns.com.au/wp-content/gallery/araluen-nsw/araluen001a.jpg | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|35|39|S|149|49|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = right | lga = [[Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council]] | postcode = 2622 | established = | pop = 168 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2011Y>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC10070|name=Araluen (State Suburb)|accessdate=29 June 2017|quick=on}}</ref> | elevation= 160 | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Monaro|Monaro]] | fedgov = [[Division of Eden-Monaro|Eden-Monaro]] | county = [[St Vincent County|St Vincent]] | parish = Araluen | dist1 = 23 | dir1 = S | location1= [[Braidwood, New South Wales|Braidwood]] | dist2 = 235 | dir2 = SSW | location2= [[Sydney]] | near-n = [[Reidsdale]] | near-ne = [[Monga, New South Wales|Monga]] | near-e = [[Buckenbowra]] | near-se = [[Merricumbene]] | near-s = [[Neringla]] | near-sw = [[Berlang]] | near-w = [[Majors Creek, New South Wales|Majors Creek]] | near-nw = [[Majors Creek, New South Wales|Majors Creek]] }} '''Araluen''' ({{coord|35|39|S|149|49|E|region:AU-NSW_type:city}}) is a small town 27 [[kilometre|km]] south of [[Braidwood, New South Wales]].<ref name=araluen>{{cite web |url=http://www.argylecounty.com.au/towns/araluen.html |title=Araluen |access-date=2008-11-13 |work=Towns and Villages of the Southern Tablelands |archive-date=2013-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503090306/http://argylecounty.com.au/towns/araluen.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is in the [[Southern Tablelands]] area of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. It is in [[Palerang Council|Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council]] local government area. It is on the banks of Araluen Creek. The creek joins the [[Deua River]]. ==History== The name 'Araluen' is an [[Indigenous Australian|Australian Aborig