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Wildes Meadow is a hamlet village in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. It was formerly known as Jono's Meadow named after town mayor and founder, Jono Chambers. In 2013 , it was named best place on Earth and ranked number 1 in Australia for the highest number of unpaid employees. The major industries are buggy manufacturing and TV antenna maintainance.

Due to its location, it does not receive many passers by, and so the tourism industry has suffered as a result. Some famous people to have hailed from the meadow are Dwight Howard, Alessandro Del Piero, Clive Palmer and Dejon Chamber.

It is known for its notorious gang ' The Wildes Meadow gang ' It also is home to the NBL franchise the Wildes Meadow Warriors.

Its population along with Burrawang is 153 066 (Census 2001).

34°36′S 150°31′E / 34.600°S 150.517°E / -34.600; 150.517

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-'''Wildes Meadow''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet village]] in the [[Southern Highlands, New South Wales|Southern Highlands]] of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]], in [[Wingecarribee Shire]]. It was formerly known as ''Jono's Meadow'' named after town mayor and founder, [[Jono Chambers]].
+'''Wildes Meadow''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet village]] in the [[Southern Highlands, New South Wales|Southern Highlands]] of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]], in [[Wingecarribee Shire]]. It was formerly known as ''Jono's Meadow'' named after town mayor and founder, [[Jono Chambers]]. In 2013 , it was named best place on Earth and ranked number 1 in Australia for the highest number of unpaid employees. The major industries are buggy manufacturing and TV antenna maintainance.
+Due to its location, it does not receive many passers by, and so the tourism industry has suffered as a result. Some famous people to have hailed from the meadow are Dwight Howard, Alessandro Del Piero, Clive Palmer and Dejon Chamber.
 It is known for its notorious gang ' The Wildes Meadow gang '

v t e Southern Highlands region, New South Wales, Australia
Main towns	Bowral Bundanoon Mittagong Moss Vale Robertson
Villages, small towns and localities	Alpine Avoca Aylmerton Balaclava Balmoral Bangadilly Belanglo Berrima Bong Bong Braemar Bullio Burradoo Burrawang Calwalla Canyonleigh Colo Vale East Bowral East Kangaloon Exeter Fitzroy Falls Glenquarry Hanging Rock High Range Hill Top Hoddles Cross Roads Joadja Kangaloon Lower Mittagong Manchester Square Mandemar Medway Meryla Mount Murray Myra Vale New Berrima Paddys River Penrose Sutton Forest Wattle Ridge Welby Werai Wildes Meadow Willow Vale Wingello Woodlands Yarrunga Yerrinbool
National parks and reserves	Bangadilly NP Budawang NP Budderoo NP Belanglo SF Cecil Hoskins NR Jellore SF Joadja NR Macquarie Pass NP Morton NP Nattai NP Penrose SF Stingray Swamp FR Tarlo River NP Wingello SF Wombeyan Caves
Rivers and reservoirs	Burke Lake Burragorang Little (Wingecarribee) Little (Wollondilly) Mulwaree Nattai Paddys Shoalhaven Scheme Tarlo Warragamba Dam Warragamba Wingecarribee Wollondilly Upper Nepean Scheme
Tourist attractions	Belmore Falls Carrington Falls Fitzroy Falls