Birrego, New South Wales

Birrego
New South Wales

Birrego to Sandigo road
Birrego
Coordinates 35°00′S 146°35′E / 35.000°S 146.583°ECoordinates: 35°00′S 146°35′E / 35.000°S 146.583°E
Postcode(s) 2652
Location
  • 546 km (339 mi) from Sydney
  • 90 km (56 mi) from Wagga Wagga
  • 13 km (8 mi) from Sandigo
  • 9 km (6 mi) from Boree Creek [1]
LGA(s) Narrandera Shire
County Mitchell
State electorate(s) Cootamundra
Federal Division(s) Riverina

Birrego is a rural locality in the central part of the Riverina near Boree Creek.[2] The countryside is flat and used predominantly for grain production. It is situated by road, about 13 kilometres south from Sandigo and 31 kilometres south east from Morundah.

Birrego Post Office opened on 27 September 1921 and closed in 1959.[3]

Birrego wheat country

Notes and references

  1. Travelmate
  2. "Birrego". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  3. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2009-06-11
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