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Welcome to Walgett

Walgett is a town in northern NSW, Australia, it is the junction of the Barwon and Namoi Rivers and the Kamilaroi and Castlereagh Highways. It was inhabited by the Gamilaroi (also spelt Kamilaroi) Nation of Indigenous peoples before white settlement.

Walgett website and business directory, Walgett is a town in northern NSW, Australia, it is the junction of the Barwon and Namoi Rivers and the Kamilaroi and Castlereagh Highways. It was inhabited by the Gamilaroi (also spelt Kamilaroi) Nation of Indigenous peoples before white settlement. It was gazetted in 1851 and town sites were surveyed in 1859.

Tourism

Walgett is a major highway junction for touring routes to the north Lightning Ridge, to the East Burren Junction and Wee Waa to the South Coonamble to the west Brewarrina.

Agriculture

The Walgett District is a producer of a variety of agricultural commodities including cotton, wheat, beef cattle and sheep and pulse crops.

History

Walgett is rich in history it was gazetted in 1859 and the courthouse built in 1865 it was a port for paddle steamers in 1861 to 1870.  It was proclaimed 20 March 1885 and surveyed.

Directory

A business directory of the town and is included in the Namoi Business Directory, if you own a business the cost to have a landing page and or a listing is minimal.

Rural News

Drought training invaluable in flood recovery

Drought training invaluable in flood recovery

Drought and biosecurity training to help Indigenous pastoralists with Kimberley flood recovery.
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Measurable goals key to beef's future

Measurable goals key to beef's future

"Goals with specific metrics provide the data point for us to look at trends and talk about changes over time."
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Ellerslie Park's productive basalt and granite soils | Video

Ellerslie Park's productive basalt and granite soils | Video

Ellerslie Park is a very well developed property with a good mix of productive basalt and granite soils.
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Cloudy with a chance of perch: Fish rain from the sky in outback Australia

Cloudy with a chance of perch: Fish rain from the sky in outback Australia

In an episode of 'Only in the Northern Territory', outback rain has dumped live fish on residents in a small community on the edge of the Tanami Desert.
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Fashionably sustainable but uniform approach is needed

Fashionably sustainable but uniform approach is needed

Agricultural innovation is helping to drive sustainability in the fashion industry but a lack of global standards is impeding progress, a conference has been told.
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