Kandos

Postcode: 2848

Kandos is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in the Mid-Western Regional Council. It is located on the Bylong Valley Way. At the 2001 census, Kandos had a population of 1,335.

Kandos is a small industrial town of some 1800 people located in the Capertee Valley, on the lower slopes of Coomber Melon Mountain. It is 231 km north-west of Sydney, 87 km north of Lithgow, 55 km south-east of Mudgee and 762 m above sea-level.

Small industrial town famous for its association with the production of cement.

The town came into existence about 1913 when a cement works was set up to take advantage of local supplies - limestone being conveyed from the quarries by means of an enormous aerial ropeway. In fact the original name Candos was an acronym based upon the names of the six directors of the first company.

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