Birrego, New South Wales

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Birrego
New South Wales
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Birrego to Sandigo road
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Birrego
Coordinates 35°00′S146°35′E / 35.000°S 146.583°E / -35.000; 146.583 Coordinates: 35°00′S146°35′E / 35.000°S 146.583°E / -35.000; 146.583
Postcode(s) 2652
Location
LGA(s) Narrandera Shire
County Mitchell
State electorate(s) Cootamundra
Federal Division(s) Riverina

Birrego is a rural locality in the central part of the Riverina near Boree Creek, New South Wales, Australia. [2] The countryside is flat and used predominantly for grain production. It is situated by road, about 13 kilometres south of Sandigo and 31 kilometres south east of Morundah.

Birrego Post Office opened on 27 September 1921 and closed in 1959. [3]

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Birrego wheat country

Notes and references

  1. Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Birrego". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. Premier Postal History, Post Office List , retrieved 11 June 2009


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