This extract is from my database Residents of NSW Vol 3. To date there are 88 entries for Balranald.

BALRANALD.  This township is situated on the north bank of the Murrumbidgee river, 570 miles from Sydney, in a fine pastoral country. It is the principal polling place for the electoral district. Magistrates : Captain W. Brown Source: Extract from Samson PO Directory 1867.