Beelbangera
Beelbangera | |
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General store at Beelbangera | |
Beelbangera | |
| Coordinates: 34°16′0″S 146°6′0″E / 34.26667°S 146.10000°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| LGA | |
| Location |
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| Government | |
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| • Federal division | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 358 (2021 census)[3] |
| Postcode | 2680 |
| County | Cooper |
Beelbangera is a town in the north west of the Riverina and situated about 2 kilometres north-east of Griffith and about 7 kilometres south-west of Yenda. At the 2021 census Beelbangera had a population of 358.[3]
The place name Beelbangera is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "native companion".[4]
Beelbangera Post Office opened on 1 September 1919.[5]
Notes and references
- ^ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Beelbangera (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Beelbangera". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Beelbangera". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ^ Phoenixs Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 18 January 2021.
External links
Media related to Beelbangera at Wikimedia Commons
| Preceding station | Former services | Following station | ||
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| Griffith towards Roto
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Temora–Roto Line | Yenda towards Temora
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