Moree, New South Wales

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Location of Moree in New South Wales (red)

Moree is a large town in Moree Plains Shire in northern New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the banks of the Mehi River. Moree is a major centre for the Australian cotton growing industry, located near the Newell Highway and the Gwydir Highway and can be reached by daily train service from Sydney. It is located in the Shire of Moree Plains. Like many towns and cities in Australia, Moree shares its name with a much smaller community in Northern Ireland Moree County Tyrone.

The town is served by the daily Countrylink Xplorer train service to Sydney as well as regular Qantas service.

Flights to Moree
- QF2180 07:00 09:00 Weekdays & Saturday
- QF2186 09:25 11:25 Sunday
- QF2192 17:50 19:50 Weekdays & Sunday

Moree is home to artesian hot springs famous for their reputed healing qualities.

[edit] Notable Moree People

The youngest child of English author Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (1852-1920) emigrated to Australia, living in Moree and became MP for Wilcannia. He is buried in Moree cemetery. Grave Photo Link - National Library of Australia Ewan "Panda" McGrady from Moree played for the ARL side the Canterbury Bulldogs. In 1991 he received the Rothmans medal for the best and fairest player in the competition.

[edit] Media

Moree is served by The Moree Champion newspaper. Radio stations 2VM and 98.3 NOW FM also broadcast from Moree. The NOW FM transmitter site is located on Mt Dowe. Both stations are owned by the Supernetwork and therefore go to satellite rather than providing local content.