Weemelah, New South Wales
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| Coordinates: 29°01′0″S 149°15′0″E / 29.01667°S 149.25000°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
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| • Total | 139 (2011 census)[2] |
Weemelah is a small village in Moree Plains Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It is 3 km north off the Carnarvon Highway and 27 km east of Mungindi. At the 2006 census, Weemelah had a population of 139.[2]
The main industry is agriculture. The Country Women's Association of New South Wales meets in Weemelah Hall. The nearest public transport is at Moree railway station. There are no schools in Weemelah and local children travel to Mungindi for their education.
In January 2004, the residents of Weemelah were isolated due to extensive flooding in the area.[3]
Weemalah is situated on the Mungindi, or North West railway line, 762 km from Sydney.[4] A railway station was opened in December 1914 as Bunarba, and was renamed Weemalah in 1926. Passenger trains operated to Moree between 1926 and 1974.[5] The station has now been demolished and no trace of it remains. However, large grain-loading facilities still exist, and Weemalah is the northernmost point of grain train operation on the line, because the line from there to Mungindi was closed in 1974 due to flood damage.[6]
| Preceding station | Former services | Following station | ||
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| Neeworra towards Mungindi
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Mungindi Line | Bengerang towards Werris Creek
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Notes
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Weemelah (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Weemelah (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- ^ Dick, Tim (20 January 2004). "It all comes out in the wash, and it's not all bad". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 October 2006.
- ^ Weemalah Railway Station. NSWrail.net. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- ^ Milne, R. A History of the Mungindi Branch Line. Bulletin, Vol 46, no 691. May 1995. ARHS NSW Division.
- ^ "Mungindi Line". NSWrail.net. Rolfe Bozier. Retrieved 1 September 2025.