Weemelah, New South Wales

Weemelah is a small village (40 people) in Moree Plains Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It is 3 km north off the Carnarvon Highway and 27 km east of Mungindi.

The main industry is agriculture. The Country Women's Association of New South Wales meets in Weemelah Hall. The nearest public transport is at Moree railway station. There are no schools in Weemelah, local children travel to Mungindi for their education.

The residents of Weemelah were isolated in January 2004 after local flooding. [cite news
last = Dick
first = Tim
title = It all comes out in the wash, and it's not all bad
work = Sydney Morning Herald
date = 2004-01-20
url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/19/1074360700127.html?from=storyrhs
accessdate = 2006-10-26]

Weemalah is situated on the Mungindi, or North West railway line, 762 km from Sydney. [ [http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Weemelah&line=NSW:mungindi:0 Weemalah Railway Station] . NSWrail.net. Accessed 1 April 2008.] A railway station opened in 1914 as Bunarba and was renamed Weemalah in 1926. Passenger trains operated to Moree between 1926 and 1974, [ Milne, R. "A History of the Mungindi Branch Line". Bulletin, Vol 46, no 691. May 1995. ARHS NSW Division.] the station has now been removed and no trace remains. Large grain loading facilities still remain however, and Weemalah marks the northern-most point of grain train operation on the line, the line to Mungindi is closed beyond this location.

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