Wanganella, New South Wales

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Wanganella New South Wales
Wanganella Hall
Population:	5 (within 7 km radius)[1]
Postcode:	2710
Location:	40 km from Deniliquin 80 km from Hay
State District:	Murray-Darling
Federal Division:	Farrer

Wanganella is a village community on the Billabong Creek in New South Wales, Australia.  The settlement is on the Cobb Highway, located between Hay (to the north) and Deniliquin (to the south).  Wanganella is within the Conargo Shire Council local government area.

[edit] History

Land was subdivided at Wanganella and in 1864 allotments were sold. 

A traveller passing through Wanganella in mid-1865 described the township as consisting “of two public houses, a blacksmith’s shop, and a shoemaker’s shop”; he also stated that “a neat bridge” had been erected over Billabong Creek.^[2] Another report from 1865 stated there were twenty-five persons living at Wanganella, which had two inns, two stores and two butchers' shops.^[3]

[edit] Climate

Climate records have been kept for Wanganella since 1867.  Temperature extremes are quite marked over the full year: the average maximum temperature in February is 31.6 degrees Celsius and the average minimum temperature in July is 3.6 degrees C.  The average annual rainfall at Wanganella is 366.3 mm (14.4 inches).^[4]

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Coordinates: 35°11′S, 144°48′E