Wantabadgery

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Wantabadgery
Wantabadgery - in the Junee Shirenote street sign with old spelling of Jewnee - see Junee
Wantabadgery - in the Junee Shire
note street sign with old spelling of Jewnee - see Junee
Wantabadgery is located in New South Wales
Wantabadgery
Wantabadgery
Coordinates: 35°02′31″S 147°45′10″E / 35.04194°S 147.75278°E / -35.04194; 147.75278
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Elevation
302 m (991 ft)
Population
 • Total183 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode
2650
CountyClarendon

Wantabadgery is a village community in the central eastern part of the Riverina situated about 35 kilometres east of Wagga Wagga and 19 kilometres west of Nangus. At the 2021 census, Wantabadgery had a population of 183.[1]

Wanta Badgery Post Office opened on 1 December 1923 and closed in 1966.[2]

Wantabadgery was formerly an Aboriginal mission. It is now a small village along the Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wantabadgery". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 June 2009

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