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

The way to stay ahead as the cattle market turns

Live-ex, processor, seedstock views from NTCA conference in Darwin
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Rabbit biocontrol funding missing from budget

Rabbit numbers are ballooning but there was nothing in the federal budget for the national rabbit biocontrol program, which runs out of funding on June 30, jeopardising research into new control measures.
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America's favourite pick-up truck is coming to Australia

The US' best-selling pickup has been confirmed for Australia.
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Containers, oil hit by China lockdowns

China is experiencing a sharp surge in COVID-19 cases and has implemented lockdowns which is slowing key world markets.
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Iconic homestead gutted by fire

THE former home of the Cattle King Sir Sidney Kidman has gone up in flames at Kapunda High School, where it has stood for approximately 100 years.
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