- Mangoplah, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Mangoplah
state = nsw
caption = Mangoplah Hall
lga = City of Wagga Wagga
postcode = 2652
est = 1920s
pop = 150 in 7 km radius
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county = Mitchell
stategov = Wagga Wagga
fedgov = Riverina
dist1 = 36 | location1= Wagga Wagga
dist2 = 18 | location2= The Rock
dist3 = 09 | location3= BurrandanaMangoplah is a town approximately 36 km south of Wagga Wagga in the
Riverina region ofNew South Wales ,Australia . Its name is believed to mean "Koori s singing" [cite web|url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=anlpWyKmKW|title=Geographical Names Register Extract - Mangoplah|author=Geographical Names Board of NSW|accessdate=2007-01-06] .A hotel and grain silo was built in 1923, and a railway station operated in the town from 1925 until 1956 - a bushfire in 1952 [cite web|url=http://www.urbanservices.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/18389/severefireeventspart1.pdf|title=Nature of Severe Fire Events|author=Sullivan, Andrew|pages=4|date=July 2004|accessdate=2007-01-06 - commissioned for Department of Urban Services, ACT Government] forced its closure.
Mangoplah was formerly within the Shire of Kyeamba until 1 January 1981 when the Shire was amalgamated with the Shire of Mitchell into the
City of Wagga Wagga [cite book | last = Ellis | first = William | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Street Names Of Wagga Wagga - Incorporating the names of the Streets, Suburban Areas, Parks and some other features of the City of Wagga Wagga| publisher = Wagga Wagga City Council | date = 1990 | location = | doi = | id = ] .The town contains a hotel, hall, two churches, a primary school, a general store and a rural produce distributor. The local
Australian rules football team is the Mangoplah Cookardinia United-Eastlakes Football Club. The official mascot for the club is theGoanna . The three football grades and the netball teams compete in theRiverina Football League .References
External links
* [http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Mangoplah&line=NSW:westby:0 Pictures of Mangoplah Station] (NSWRail.net)
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