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Wanganella

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Edward River Council NSW, PO Box 270, Wanganella, NSW 2710
03 5898 3000

Description

Wanganella is a village community on the Billabong Creek in New South Wales, Australia.

Wanganellais a village community on the Billabong Creek in New South Wales, Australia. The settlement is on the Cobb Highway, located between Hay (to the north) and Deniliquin (to the south).Wanganella is within the Edward River Council local government area. At the 2016 census, Wanganella had a population of 30.

History

Land was subdivided at Wanganella and in 1864 allotments were sold. A traveller passing through Wanganella in mid-1865 described the township as consisting "of two public houses, a blacksmith’s shop, and a shoemaker’s shop"; he also stated that "a neat bridge" had been erected over Billabong Creek.Another report from 1865 stated there were twenty-five persons living at Wanganella, which had two inns, two stores and two butchers' shops.

Weather

Climate records have been kept for Wanganella since 1867. Temperature extremes are quite marked over the full year: the average maximum temperature in February is 31.6 °C (88.9 °F) and the average minimum temperature in July is 3.6 °C (38.5 °F). The average annual rainfall at Wanganella is 366.3 millimetres (14.4 in).

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Details

Type: Towns

Population: 1 - 100

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 1504.266 km2

Elevation: 51 to 200 metres

Town elevation: 86 m

Population number: 86

Local Government Area: Edward River Council

Location

Edward River Council NSW, PO Box 270, Wanganella, NSW 2710

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Attribution

This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Wanganella, New South Wales