Grong Grong

Grong Grong New South Wales
The town of Grong Grong
Grong Grong
Coordinates	34°43′0″S 146°47′0″E / 34.71667°S 146.78333°E / -34.71667; 146.78333Coordinates: 34°43′0″S 146°47′0″E / 34.71667°S 146.78333°E / -34.71667; 146.78333
Population	391 (2011 census)^[1]
Postcode(s)	2652
Elevation	162 m (531 ft)
Location	510 km (317 mi) SW of Sydney 457 km (284 mi) N of Melbourne 82 km (51 mi) NW of Wagga Wagga 22 km (14 mi) E of Narrandera
LGA(s)	Narrandera Shire
County	Bourke
State electorate(s)	Cootamundra
Federal Division(s)	Riverina

Grong Grong /ˈɡrɒŋ ˈɡrɒŋ/ is a small town that is located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is situated on the Newell Highway, 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Narrandera in the Shire of Narrandera.

The name Grong Grong is an Aboriginal term meaning "bad camping ground" or "very bad camping ground".^[2]^[3]

Demography

Like many rural localities in the area, the population level has progressively declined over a number of years, evidenced as follows:

Selected historical census data for Grong Grong state suburb
Census year			2001	2006^[4]	2011^[1]
Population		Estimated residents on Census night	unavailable	537	391

Facilities

The Grong Grong post office was opened on 1 November 1881.^[5]

The town has a railway station on the Hay branch off the Main South Line. However, the line has closed so with it has the station. Only part of the line is used by a weekly passenger train to Griffith which does not stop at the station. Grong Grong can be accessed by coaches that stop at the town on the way to Hay and Mildura.

Gallery

The Royal Hotel at Grong Grong
An aerial view of Grong Grong, in 2007
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
School of Arts hall
Grong Grong railway siding

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Grong Grong (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑ Reed, A. W. Place Names of Australia. Forestville, NSW: Reed Books. p. 110. ISBN 0-589-07115-7.
↑ "Search: Grong Grong". Geoscience Australia. Australian Government.
↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Grong Grong (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
↑ "Post office list". Premier postal history. Retrieved 11 June 2009.

External links

Media related to Grong Grong, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station		NSW Branch lines		Following station
Narrandera towards Hay		Hay Line		Matong towards Junee

Towns in the Narrandera Shire local government area

Barellan Binya Colinroobie Corobimilla Grong Grong Kamarah Kywong Moombooldool Narrandera

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Landmarks	Charles Sturt University Ettamogah Pub Hume Dam Hume Power Station Hume and Hovell Track Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area Wyangala Dam

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