- Merriwagga, New South Wales
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Merriwagga
New South Wales
MerriwaggaPopulation: 66 Postcode: 2652 Coordinates: 33°49′12″S 145°37′20″E / 33.82°S 145.62222°ECoordinates: 33°49′12″S 145°37′20″E / 33.82°S 145.62222°E Elevation: 98 m (322 ft) Location: LGA: Carrathool Shire Council County: Nicholson State District: Murray-Darling Federal Division: Riverina Merriwagga is a rural village community in the northern part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 20 kilometres north west from Goolgowi and 42 kilometres south from Hillston on the Kidman Way in NSW.[1] According to the ABS Census 2001 it has a population of 66 people. The main industry is agriculture.[2]
The village was surveyed and gazetted on 4 April 1924[3] and is laid out in an irregular rectangular pattern. It is surrounded by the Merriwagga State Forest, a loosely mallee-forested area of approximately 15 km2.[4]
Merriwagga railway station lies between Goolgowi station and Goorawin station. It is dominated by three massive grain silos and two grain receival depots. The Black Stump Hotel across the road boasts the tallest bar in Australia,[3] it was established in 1926.[5] The name relates to the Black Stump Story telling the tragic death of Mrs. Barbara Blain. She burnt to death in March 1886 at Black Stump Tank, approximately halfway between Merriwagga and Gunbar. Her story and the life of the early pioneer women is commemorated in the Memorial to Pioneer Woman of the Merriwagga District, situated next to the picnic area between Black Stump Hotel and the grain receival depots.
Merriwagga Post Office opened on 26 May 1924.[6]
References
- ^ Carrathool Shire Council, Merriwagga Map
- ^ Carrathool Shire Council, Merriwagga Fact Sheet
- ^ a b Carrathool Shire Council, Merriwagga
- ^ www.geonames.org Merriwagga
- ^ The Black Stump Hotel Merriwagga NSW
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country=, retrieved 2009-06-11
External links
- Merriwagga Railway Siding
- Long Term Crop Rotation & Tillage Systems Trial, Central West Farming Systems (CWFS), Merriwagga Regional Site
Towns in the Carrathool Shire Local Government Area Carrathool · Goolgowi · Hillston · Merriwagga · Rankins Springs
Main Article: Local Government Areas of New South WalesCategories:- Towns in New South Wales
- Towns in the Riverina
- Riverina geography stubs
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