Exeter (/ɛksɪtər/) is a village in the Southern Highlands district of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire.

The village was founded by James Badgery, who was born near the County Town of Exeter in Devon, England.

In 1821 Badgery took up a 500-acre land grant on the site of the present village calling the new property Spring Grove.

His son Henry continued expansion in the locality and by 1841 there was a flourishing community on the various Badgery properties.

Their principal property, Vine Lodge, accommodated 33 residents, including 13 convicts and ex-convicts.