Wee Jasper, New South Wales

Wee Jasper, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Wee Jasper
state = nsw



caption = Bridge across the Goodradigbee River at Wee Jasper
lga = Yass Valley Council
postcode = 2582
pop = 349 (within 7 km radius) [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AS/2/Wee_Jasper.html www.fallingrain.com/world/AS/2/Wee_Jasper] ]
est =
elevation= 617
maxtemp =
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county = Buccleuch
stategov = Burrinjuck
fedgov = Hume
dist1 = 35
location1= Canberra
dist2 = 54
location2= Yass

Wee Jasper is a village of about 80 people in the Goodradigbee valley at the western foot of the Brindabella Ranges, near Burrinjuck Dam in New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Shire. It is located 35 km north-west of Canberra and 54 km south-west of Yass.

Near the village are several camping and recreation reserves close to numerous caves. The most well known cave is Carey's Cave.

Fossils, including members of the Acanthothoracid placoderm fish family Weejasperaspididae, the primitive placoderm "Brindabellaspis stensioi" and the prehistoric lungfish, "Dipnorhynchus cathlesae", have been found in the area. [cite web | last = Campbell | first = K.S.W. | authorlink = | coauthors = R.E. Barwick | year = 1999 | url = http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1301.pdf | title = A New Species of the Devonian Lungfish Dipnorhynchus from Wee Jasper, New South Wales | format = pdf | work = Records of the Australian Museum 51(2): 123–140. | publisher = Australian Museum | accessdate = 2007-01-30]

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