Garah, New South Wales

Garah
New South Wales
Post office at Garah
Garah
Coordinates 29°03′0″S 149°37′0″E / 29.05000°S 149.61667°E / -29.05000; 149.61667Coordinates: 29°03′0″S 149°37′0″E / 29.05000°S 149.61667°E / -29.05000; 149.61667
Population 306 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 2405
Location
LGA(s) Moree Plains Shire
State electorate(s) Northern Tablelands
Federal Division(s) Parkes

Garah is a town in north western New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Moree Plains Shire local government area and on the Carnarvon Highway, 667 kilometres (414 mi) north west of the state capital, Sydney and 51 kilometres (32 mi) north west of the regional centre of Moree. It is on the Mungindi railway line between Mungindi and Moree. At the 2016 census, Garah and the surrounding area had a population of approximately 300.[1]

Facilities in the town include a post office, primary school, police station, tennis courts, grain silo, CWA hall, town hall, pre-school, corner shop, pub, race course, small petrol bowser, Catholic church and a Presbyterian Church. Local activities include agriculture.

Garah is also said to have the oldest running picnic races in Australia.

The Mungindi, or North West railway line passes through the town and a station was open between 1913 and 1974.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Garah (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 March 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ Garah station. NSWrail.net, accessed 9 September 2009.

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