Walgett Website and Business Directory

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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

Second highest quarter for sheep transfers

Second highest quarter for sheep transfers

More than 300,000 sheep were trucked across the Nullarbor Plain in the first three months of this year.
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Listing the farm with an asking price has paid off

Listing the farm with an asking price has paid off

Two farm blocks north of Burra have sold with price listing.
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Opinion: Labor's biosecurity tax not backed by farmers, or anyone

Opinion: Labor's biosecurity tax not backed by farmers, or anyone

Crunch time is looming fast for the Federal Government's biosecurity tax.
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Record numbers of WA cattle are heading east

Record numbers of WA cattle are heading east

Western Australia cattle flows to the eastern states have more than doubled levels reached in 2023.
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Glenara: 780 hectares all set for the 2024 winter cropping season

Glenara: 780 hectares all set for the 2024 winter cropping season

Glenara is a productive 1037 hectare property estimated to be 90 per cent arable.
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