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Wantabadgery

Wantabadgery
Wantabadgery - in the Junee Shirenote street sign with old spelling of Jewnee - see Junee
Wantabadgery - in the Junee Shire
note street sign with old spelling of Jewnee - see Junee
Wantabadgery is located in New South Wales
Wantabadgery
Wantabadgery
Coordinates: 35°02′31″S 147°45′10″E / 35.04194°S 147.75278°E / -35.04194; 147.75278
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
LGA
Location
Government
  State electorate
  Federal division
Elevation
302 m (991 ft)
Population
  Total183 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode
2650
CountyClarendon

Wantabadgery is a village community in the central eastern part of the Riverina situated about 35 kilometres east of Wagga Wagga and 19 kilometres west of Nangus. At the 2021 census, Wantabadgery had a population of 183.[1]

Wanta Badgery Post Office opened on 1 December 1923 and closed in 1966.[2]

Wantabadgery was formerly an Aboriginal mission. It is now a small village along the Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales.

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References

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  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wantabadgery". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 September 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 June 2009
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