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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

Irrigated Darling Downs farm makes $2.8 million at auction

Irrigated Darling Downs farm makes $2.8 million at auction

Lyndhurst, a 368 hectare farm with irrigation, has sold at auction for $2.8 million.
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Tasmania to get shearing innovation centre

Tasmania to get shearing innovation centre

Tasmania will get its own Wool School at Campbell Town.
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Labor cans controversial PALM change, FWC raises minimum wage by 3.75%

Labor cans controversial PALM change, FWC raises minimum wage by 3.75%

Labor has flipped its PALM script and binned a rule forcing farmers to pay labourers 30hr/wk whether they worked them or not.
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Minimum wage workers to earn 3.75 per cent more

Minimum wage workers to earn 3.75 per cent more

Australia's lowest paid workers will receive a 3.75 per cent pay bump as the Fair Work Commission considers lingering cost-of-living pressures.
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Rain relief in the west, but parts of NSW too wet

Rain relief in the west, but parts of NSW too wet

Rain was welcomed over the WA cropping belt but it was too much of a good thing for many on the Liverpool Plains in NSW.
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