Warren, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Warren
state = nsw


caption =
lga = Warren Shire Council
postcode = 2824
est =
pop = 1,779
elevation= 198
maxtemp = 25.2
mintemp = 10.5
rainfall = 515.8
stategov = Barwon
fedgov = Parkes
dist1 = 536
dir1 = WNW
location1= Sydney
dist2 = 128
dir2 = NW
location2= Dubbo
dist3 = 85
dir3 = W
location3= Gilgandra
dist4 = 79
dir4 = E
location4= Nyngan

Warren is a town and the seat of a local government area, Warren Shire, on the Macquarie River in north western New South Wales, Australia. The town is located on the Oxley Highway 120 km north west of Dubbo. It was laid out in the 1860s and incorporated as a municipality in 1895. The railway reached the town in 1898. Warren is one of the main centres for the wool and cotton growing industries in New South Wales.

The population of the shire at 30 June 2004 was estimated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to be 3,282 people. The population of the town in 2001 was 1,779.Census 2001 AUS|id=UCL181600|name=Warren (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2007-06-30|quick=on]

Notable people from Warren

* Sharan Burrow, former president of the Australian Education Union, and current president of the ACTUcite web | url = http://www.actu.asn.au/AboutACTU/actupresident/default.aspx | title= ACTU President - Australian Council of Trade Unions | accessdate = 2008-04-18 | publisher = [http://www.actu.asn.au/ Australian Council of Trade Unions] .

External links

* [http://www.warren.nsw.gov.au/ Warren Shire] [http://www.macquariecaravanpark.com.au]

References