Boree Creek, New South Wales
- Boree Creek, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Boree Creek
state = nsw
caption = Boree Creek General Store
lga = Urana Shire Council
postcode = 2652
est =
pop = 271
pop_footnotes =
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
county = Urana
stategov = Murray-Darling
fedgov =
dist1 = 541
location1= Sydney
dist2 = 85
location2= Wagga Wagga
dist3 = 15
location3= Kywong
dist4 = 7
location4= Yuluma [ [http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate] ]
Boree Creek is a town in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located 539 kilometres south west of the state capital, Sydney and 82 kilometres west of the regional centre, Wagga Wagga. Boree Creek is situated in the Urana Shire Local Government Area but is closer to the town of Lockhart. At the 2006 census, Boree Creek and the surrounding area had a population of 271.[Census 2006 AUS]
id=SSC16421
name=Boree Creek (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-10-25
quick=on] Like many of the smaller towns of the Riverina, it has seen its population decline in recent years. Boree Creek is most famous for being the home town of former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer. At times when Fischer was acting as Prime Minister, his property at Boree Creek became the "seat of power" of Australia [ [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s249225.htm Willacy, Mark PM Program "Australian Broadcasting Corporation" 20 February 2001] - Retrieved 5 November 2006.]
ee also
* Railway to Boree Creek
External links
* [http://www.urana.nsw.gov.au/ Urana Shire Council] - Official site
References
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