Merriwagga

Merriwagga
New South Wales

Black Stump Hotel
Merriwagga
Coordinates 33°49′12″S 145°37′20″E / 33.82000°S 145.62222°E / -33.82000; 145.62222Coordinates: 33°49′12″S 145°37′20″E / 33.82000°S 145.62222°E / -33.82000; 145.62222
Population 169 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 2652
Elevation 98 m (322 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Carrathool Shire
County Nicholson
State electorate(s) Murray
Federal Division(s) Riverina

Merriwagga is a town in the northern part of the Riverina region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is situated by road, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north west from Goolgowi and 42 kilometres (26 mi) south from Hillston on the Kidman Way in NSW.[2] At the 2011 census, it has a population of 169.[1] The main industry is agriculture.[3]

The village was surveyed and gazetted on 4 April 1924[4] 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 square kilometres (5.8 sq mi).[5] Merriwagga Post Office opened on 26 May 1924.[6]

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,[4] it was established in 1926.[7] The name relates to the Black Stump Story telling of the 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.

Gallery

Merriwagga Railway Station Sign

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Merriwagga (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Carrathool Shire Council, Merriwagga Map
  3. ↑ Carrathool Shire Council, Merriwagga Fact Sheet
  4. 1 2 Carrathool Shire Council, Merriwagga
  5. ↑ www.geonames.org Merriwagga
  6. ↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 June 2009
  7. ↑ The Black Stump Hotel Merriwagga NSW

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