Belanglo, New South Wales

Town in New South Wales, Australia

34°31′51″S 150°15′37″E / 34.53083°S 150.26028°E / -34.53083; 150.26028Population22 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)2577LGA(s)Wingecarribee ShireRegion Southern Highlands County CamdenParishBelangloState electorate(s)Goulburn Federal division(s)Hume

Localities around Belanglo:
	Joadja
Canyonleigh	Belanglo	Medway
Sutton Forest	Canyonleigh

Belanglo /bəˈlæŋɡloʊ/ is a locality around the Belanglo State Forest in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire.

History

The infamous Backpacker murders occurred in the Belanglo State Forest in between the years of 1989–1993. The 7 victims were brutally murdered by the criminal Ivan Milat, who was serving 7 life sentences in Goulburn Correctional Centre with a non-parole period up until his death from cancer in 2019. Ivan continued to claim his innocence against the killings of these several backpackers. Milat's great nephew, Matthew Milat was sentenced to 43 years in prison for murdering Bargo teenager David Auchterlonie in the Belanglo State Forest in 2010. Another person, Karlie Pearce-Stevenson was murdered and then dumped in the forest; her body was only found in 2010 and the body of her daughter was found next to a highway in 2015.

Population

At the 2021 census, 22 people were recorded living at Belanglo.^[2] According to the 2016 census, there were 27 people living at Belanglo.^[3]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Belanglo (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "2021 Belanglo, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Belanglo". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 July 2017.