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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} <!-- BEGIN Suburb infobox (scroll down to edit main article text) --> {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Dunedoo | state = nsw | image = Dunedoo Bolaro Street 002.JPG | caption = Bolaro Street ([[Castlereagh Highway]]), the main street of Dunedoo, 2017 | image_alt = | relief = | coordinates = {{coord|32|01|0|S|149|24|0|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | map_alt = | pop = 1,021 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=UCL121033|name=Dunedoo (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=5 January 2019|quick=on}}[[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].</ref> | poprank = | density = | density_footnotes = | established = 1840s | established_footnotes = | abolished = | gazetted = | postcode = 2844 | elevation = 399 | elevation_footnotes = | area = | area_footnotes = | timezone = | utc = | timezone-dst = | utc-dst = | dist1 = 90 | dir1 = | location1 = [[Mudgee]] | dist2 = 100 | dir2 = | location2 = [[Dubbo]] | lga = Warrumbungle Shire | seat = | region = | county = [[Bligh County, New South Wales|Bligh]] | division = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Upper Hunter|Upper Hunter]] | fedgov = [[Division of Parkes|Parkes]] | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_footnotes = | managing_authorities = | url = | maxtemp = 23.8 | maxtemp_footnotes = | mintemp = 9.5 | mintemp_footnotes = | rainfall = 614.2 | rainfall_footnotes = | near-n = | near-ne = | near-e = | near-se = | near-s = | near-sw = | near-w = | near-nw = | near = | footnotes = }} '''Dunedoo''' ({{IPAc-en|Λ|d|Κ|n|i|d|uΛ}} {{respell|DUN|ee-doo}}) is a village of 1,021 inhabitants<ref name=Census/> situated within the [[Warrumbungle Shire]] of central western [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. Dunedoo is well known to Australian travellers due to its distinctive name (''[[Dunny]]'' is a colloquial Australian word for a toilet). The name is actually derived from a local Aboriginal word meaning "swan",<ref>{{NSW GNR|id = JPlpjzZTJP|title = Dunedoo|accessdate = 5 August 2013}}</ref> which are commonly found in the area's lagoons. The local tip is free of charge residents are able to dump rubbish for free in the designated areas. The town is located on the north-western edges of the [[Sydney basin]].<ref>http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0007/96847/20758.gif {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917080323/http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0007/96847/20758.gif |date=17 September 2011 }} {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref>
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