Dalton

Postcode: 2581

Dalton ( 34°43′S, 149°12′E) is a small, inland, country town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia and in Upper Lachlan Shire. Its claim to fame is that has been claimed to have the nation's highest rate of earthquakes and tremors.

Dalton is north of the Hume Highway that joins Sydney and Melbourne, between Goulburn and Yass in the Monaro district of southern New South Wales, about 280 km south-west of Sydney and 60 km north-west of the national capital, Canberra.

Nearby towns are Cullerin, Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, and Murrumbateman.

The Monaro region is renowned for its sheep wool industry, notably for the Merino breed. The dry-land farming supports both summer and winter wheat, and some other cereal crops, but agriculture also extends cattle production for meat.

There is a recent move to have bed and breakfast accommodation on farms, and offer a "farm experience" to city dwellers.

Like many Australian towns, its economy and social life has fallen into some lethargy and this has begun to show. The wide streets are generally well maintained, it still has a viable hotel (pub) and several small shops and a petrol station, and the churches are maintained.

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