Wamoon
| Wamoon New South Wales | |
|---|---|
 Wamoon Public School | |
  Wamoon | |
| Coordinates | 34°31′47″S146°19′54″E/ 34.52972°S 146.33167°E |
| Population | Counted as part ofLeeton (approx. 200) |
| Location | 8 km (5 mi) fromLeeton |
| LGA(s) | Leeton Shire Council |
| County | Cooper |
| Parish | Tuckerbil |
| State electorate(s) | Murray |
| Federal division(s) | Farrer |
Wamoonis a village inLeeton Shirein theRiverinaregion ofNew South Wales,Australia.Wamoon is located 8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi) fromLeetonalong theIrrigation Wayto the Leeton CBD and Henry Lawson Drive to the Leeton suburb of Wattle Hill. Wamoon provides a village of homes to the farmers of northern Leeton and there is a small primary school known as Wamoon Public School.
Wamoon Post Office opened in July 1920 and closed in 1983.[1]
In 1993 Geographical Names Board of New South Wales deleted Wamoon when the village was removed from official government publication of locality names. In May 2006 the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales approved the reinstatement of Wamoon as a village.[2][3]
Sports
[edit]The town has a team in theGroup 20 Rugby Leaguecompetition with neighbouring villageYanco,the Yanco-Wamoon Hawks. They are renowned for winning five successive titles from 1992-1996, a competition record. The club briefly merged with rivalsNarranderafrom 2012-2014 as the Bidgee Hurricanes, but the sides demerged ahead of the 2015 season.
Notes and references
[edit]- ^Premier Postal History."Post Office List".Retrieved11 June2009.
- ^"NSW Government Gazette"(PDF).New South Wales Government. Archived fromthe original(pdf)on 20 August 2006.Retrieved6 August2006.
- ^"After 12 Years Wamoon is once again a village". Weekend Advertiser. 5 August 2006. p. 8.
External links
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