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Wagga Wagga (/ ˌ w ɒ ɡ ə ˈ w ɒ ɡ ə /; [4] informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River , with an urban population of more than 57,003 as of 2021, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] it is an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia.
1919 Yarram Yarram postmark – the town is now Yarram These names are examples of reduplication, a common theme in Australian toponymy, especially in names derived from Indigenous Australian languages such as Wiradjuri. Reduplication is often used as an intensifier such as "Wagga Wagga" many crows and "Tilba Tilba" many waters. The phenomenon has been the subject of interest in popular ...
Olympic Highway is a 317-kilometre (197 mi) rural road in the central western and south-eastern Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia.It services rural communities, links Hume Highway with Mid-Western Highway, and provides part of an alternate road link between Sydney and Albury via Bathurst and Cowra as well as servicing Wagga Wagga, linking with Sturt Highway.
Crows are considered a symbol of the city of Wagga Wagga, appearing in the council's logo, coat of arms, and throughout local business logos and public artworks. This is due to the debated interpretation of 'Wagga Wagga' being derived from a Wiradjuri term meaning 'place of many crows'. The floral emblem for the city is the Silver Banksia. [36]
In Oceania, Google Street View is available in most parts of Australia and New Zealand. On 4 August 2008, the long-anticipated image collection of Australia was introduced. At this time, 18 camera icons were added. Extensive mapping of New Zealand was included on 1 December 2008. On 9 December 2008, Darwin, Australia, and
North Wagga Wagga (informally called North Wagga) is an inner northern suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, located on the floodplain [2] of the Murrumbidgee River, directly across from the city's Central Business District. North Wagga is one of Wagga's oldest suburbs, being settled at approximately the same time as Wagga.
Lloyd is a suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. It is located to the south-west of the city, to the west of Jubilee Park and Holbrook Road, and to the south of Red Hill Road. Development of the suburb commenced in the late 1990s and to date there are only residential dwellings present within its confines.
Wagga Wagga railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern line connecting Sydney and Melbourne, served twice daily in each direction. A museum is on the premises. A museum is on the premises.