Beelbangera, New South Wales

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


caption =
lga = City of Griffith
postcode = 2680
pop = 341
est =
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county = Cooper
stategov = Murrumbidgee
fedgov =
dist1 = 567
location1= Sydney
dist2 = 195
location2= Wagga Wagga
dist3 = 7
location3= Yenda
dist4 = 2
location4= Griffith [ [http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate] ]

Beelbangera is a town in the north west of the Riverina and situated about 2 kilometres north-east from Griffith and about 7 kilometres south-west of Yenda. It had a population at the 2001 census of 341 people. [ [http://www8.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ProductSelect?newproducttype=QuickStats&btnSelectProduct=View+QuickStats+%3E&areacode=UCL106400&geography=Urban+Centre%2FLocality&method=&productlabel=&producttype=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=LP&topholder=0&leftholder=0&currentaction=201&action=401&textversion=false Australian Bureau of Statistics] . 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 January 2007.]

The place name "Beelbangera" is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "Native Companion". [ [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name/extract?id=anYbjzKm NSW Geographical Names Board] ]

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