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Tooraweenah

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Population
  
239 (2006 census)

LGA(s)
  
Gilgandra Shire

Postal code
  
2817

Federal division
  
Division of Parkes

Postcode(s)
  
2817

State electorate(s)
  
Barwon

Local time
  
Monday 12:02 PM

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Location
  
486 km (302 mi) NW of Sydney 108 km (67 mi) N of Dubbo 43 km (27 mi) NE of Gilgandra

Weather
  
21°C, Wind SE at 24 km/h, 51% Humidity

Sovereign tooraweenah cowgirl


Tooraweenah is a small village just off the Newell Highway about 44 km (27 mi) north east of Gilgandra in the central west of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Tooraweenah had a population of 239.

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Map of Tooraweenah NSW 2831, Australia

Land surrounding Tooraweenah is used for sheep, cattle, goat and emu grazing, as well as broadscale grain cropping.

Tooraweenah is often the last stop for tourists on their way from Gilgandra to the Warrumbungle National Park.

Walga pastoral company tooraweenah


Services

  • caravan park
  • pub
  • post office
  • hardware and agricultural supply store
  • community technology centre
  • automotive repair and fuelling
  • aerodrome

    • Clubs

  • tennis club,
  • Lions Club,
  • agricultural show society.

    • Telecommunications

  • a Telstra Remote Integrated Multiplexor (RIM) provides PSTN telephony and ISDN, and ADSL,
  • ABC broadcast FM radio transponders at nearby Needle Mountain (including 105.5 MHz Classic FM, 106.3 MHz News Radio, 107.1 MHz Local Radio, and 107.9 MHz Radio National),
  • a UHF CB repeater on Channel 1,
  • an amateur radio repeater on 146.8 MHz.

    • References

    Tooraweenah Wikipedia
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