Delungra, New South Wales

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Delungra
New South Wales

Population:

575^[1]

Postcode:

2403

Elevation:

602 m (1,975 ft)

Location:

594 km (369 mi) N of Sydney
466 km (290 mi) SW of Brisbane
152 km (94 mi) NW of Armidale
33 km (21 mi) W of Inverell
43 km (27 mi) NE of Bingara

LGA:

Inverell Shire Council

State District:

Northern Tablelands

Federal Division:

New England

Mean Max Temp	Mean Min Temp	Rainfall
?	?	709 mm ^{27.9 in}

Delungra is a small town on the Gwydir Highway, 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Inverell and 43 kilometres (27 mi) from Bingara in Inverell Shire, New South Wales, Australia.

Delungra was incorporated as a town in 1907 and celebrated the centenary of the town combined with Australia Day celebrations in 2007.

Delungra has two horse events each year, with campdrafting in March, and a horse sports weekend in October, the 2007 event was unfortunately cancelled due to the horse flu and subsequent restrictions on horse movements.

A number of annual events also occur through out the year such as an Australia day parade on the 26th of January, a Christmas parade followed by carols by candlelight at Christmas time. On the 25th of April and the 11th of November there is also remembrance services held for those that have lost their lives during times of war.

While is no temperature records kept for Delungra, the Delungra Post Office has been keeping rainfall records since November 1924. Below is annual rainfall statistics to March 2003:

Mean: 709.0
Median: 675.2
High: 1057.1
Low: 409.2

The nearest automated weather stations are 30km to the east in Inverell and 109km to the west at Moree Airport.

Panorama of Delungra from the south looking north.

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