Nangus, New South Wales

Nangus
New South Wales

Nangus General Store
Nangus
Coordinates 35°03′19″S 147°54′25″E / 35.05528°S 147.90694°E / -35.05528; 147.90694Coordinates: 35°03′19″S 147°54′25″E / 35.05528°S 147.90694°E / -35.05528; 147.90694
Population 410 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 2722
Elevation 220 m (722 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Gundagai Shire Council
County Clarendon
State electorate(s) Cootamundra
Federal Division(s) Riverina

Nangus is a small country village on the Wagga Wagga to Gundagai Road on the north side of the Murrimbidgee river. From Nangus, Junee, Gundagai, Wantabadgery, Oura and Wagga Wagga are accessible. Nangus approximately 24 kilometres due west of Gundagai in the Riverina area of Australia and in Gundagai Shire. At the 2011 census, Nangus and the surrounding area had a population of 410 people.[1] The nearby Nangus Station and Yabtree Station are heritage listed.

Nangus Post Office opened on 1 July 1897.[2]

Nangus has a post office, Anglican church, general store, with an off-site liquor licence, public school, public hall, fire station, petrol station, tennis courts, and hockey fields amongst some of its services and attractions.

Nangus Public Hall

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Nangus (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2009-06-11
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