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

Outback highway still closed by the record rains of March

Outback highway still closed by the record rains of March

Great Central Road unlikely to re-open until late May.
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Science and emotion needed to beat anti-meat activists

Science and emotion needed to beat anti-meat activists

Science and emotion both have roles to play in the battle against anti-meat rhetoric.
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Grain traders warn of 'substantial' biosecurity levy collection costs

Grain traders warn of 'substantial' biosecurity levy collection costs

Grain Trade Australia has warned of 'substantial' biosecurity protection levy collection costs and that its July 1 start date is 'ambitious.'
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Would the real Beef Capital of Australia please stand up?

Would the real Beef Capital of Australia please stand up?

Is it the most cattle, the most sales or the best country that determines the Beef Capital?
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Country town's block selling with a 'free house'

Country town's block selling with a 'free house'

"Free house" is the lure for Charlton block for sale.
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