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

Cash for fake meat labelling study

Cash for fake meat labelling study

Following a Senate and DAFF probes, the federal government has now stumped up Budget cash for new research into how fake meat labelling impacts consumer opinions.
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Biosecurity levy block underlines farmers' Labor pains

Biosecurity levy block underlines farmers' Labor pains

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Murray Watt has hit a hurdle in putting the nation's first sustainable biosecurity funding model in place.
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Operating profit comes back from record at AACO

Operating profit comes back from record at AACO

AACO has posted a net loss, but is urging investors to look at operating profit as the measure of robust business health.
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Global weather forecasters support BoM's La Nina tip

Global weather forecasters support BoM's La Nina tip

BoM has officially placed Australia on a La Nina watch.
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