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    Walgett is a town in northern New South Wales, Australia, and the seat of Walgett Shire. It is near the junctions of the Barwon and Namoi Rivers and the...
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  • Walgett Airport (IATA: WGE, ICAO: YWLG) is an airport in Walgett, New South Wales, Australia. List of airports in New South Wales YWLG – Walgett (PDF)...
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    The Walgett railway line is a railway line in north-western New South Wales, Australia. Opening in 1908, it branches from the North-West Line at Narrabri...
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    Walgett Shire is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The northern boundary of the Shire is located adjacent to...
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  • town in 1989 for the three-day carnival, the Walgett community carried the day and went on to win it at Walgett in 1989 and again in 1990. The BAC management...
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    Lightning Ridge, New South Wales (category Walgett Shire)
    small outback town in north-western New South Wales, Australia. Part of Walgett Shire, Lightning Ridge is situated near the southern border of Queensland...
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    River, from its source towards its mouth include Mungindi, Collarenebri, Walgett, and Brewarrina. The catchment and water flows of the Barwon River are...
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    north-western region of New South Wales, Australia, and links Bourke via Walgett and Narrabri to Willow Tree. The highway is named after the Kamilaroi Indigenous...
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    Collarenebri (category Walgett Shire)
    is in the Walgett Shire Local Government Area and is situated on the Barwon River approximately 75 kilometres (47 mi) northeast of Walgett and south west...
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    the hills beside Wagga Wagga. Another possibility is J.R. Battye from Walgett. In a report in the papers in 1877, likely to have been seen by Paterson...
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  • while Corinne Williams wrote a thesis on the Yuwaaliyaay dialect spoken at Walgett and Lightning Ridge. The Gamilaraay, like many other tribes, taught young...
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    segregated. The Freedom Riders picketed the Walgett RSL club from noon until sunset, holding placards stating "Walgett: Australian's disgrace", "Bar the Colour...
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    Walgettosuchus (meaning "Walgett crocodile") is a dubious or possibly invalid genus of extinct tetanuran theropod dinosaur that lived in Australia during...
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  • Come By Chance, New South Wales (category Walgett Shire)
    is located about 100 kilometres (60 mi) north of Coonabarabran in the Walgett Shire. At the 2006 census, Come By Chance had a population of 187. By the...
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    Shellharbour Sydney Tamworth Taree Temora Tibooburra Tocumwal Tumut Wagga Wagga Walgett Warnervale Warren West Wyalong Young Private airports Gundaroo Lake Cargelligo...
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    New England region from the inland plains to the coastal region, linking Walgett, Collarenebri, Moree, Warialda, Inverell, Glen Innes and Grafton. The western...
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  • of Walgett Shire and a civil parish of Baradine County, New South Wales. Ulambie is on the Namoi River at 30°05′54″S 148°12′04″E between Walgett, New...
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    surrounding towns including Bourke, Bathurst, Gilgandra, Narromine, Orange, Walgett, and Wellington. From June 1964 it was published by Macquarie Publications...
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    Hobbit series. Hadlow was born in Australia, in the New South Wales town of Walgett, the son of a New Zealand-born vicar and an Australian mother. They moved...
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  • broadcasts to the regional towns of Brewarrina, Goodooga, Lightning Ridge, Walgett and Weilmoringle . The idea for the development of 2CUZ came from Greg...
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    Burren Junction (category Walgett Shire)
    South Wales village 51 km west of Wee Waa, on the Kamilaroi Highway to Walgett. The name is from the local Aboriginal word for boomerang or 'big creek'...
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  • Ungarie Uralla Urana Uranquinty Urbenville Urunga Valley Heights Walcha Walgett Warialda Warrell Creek Warren Warrimoo Waterfall Wellington Wentworth Wentworth...
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    Newell Highway, and is referred to as a gateway to the far west centres of Walgett, Collarenebri, Lightning Ridge opal fields and beyond. The Aboriginal meaning...
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    Moonie River (Mooni River) is a river in Shire of Balonne, Queensland and Walgett Shire, New South Wales, both in Australia. It is a perennial river of the...
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    Elders. The festival comprised a series of Corroborees by the rivers in Walgett, Brewarina, Bourke, Wilcannia and Menindee. About 12 dance groups participated...
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  • regular passenger services with flights to Bourke, Lightning Ridge and Walgett using its Piper Chieftain fleet. From 2019, the fleet has been progressively...
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    Mooki rivers, before reaching its confluence with the Barwon River, near Walgett. The Namoi River descends 578 metres (1,896 ft) over its 708 kilometres...
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    beyond and continues in a southerly direction, past Lightning Ridge to Walgett, where it crosses the Barwon and Namoi Rivers and meets the Gwydir and...
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  • among the Aboriginal population. The tour targeted rural towns such as Walgett, Moree, and Kempsey. They acted to publicise acts of blatant discrimination...
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  • a branch to Brewarrina (in 1901) increased its catchment while that to Walgett (in 1908) from another artery, reduced its catchment area. The line beyond...
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