Garah, New South Wales

Garah New South Wales
Post office at Garah
Garah
Coordinates	29°03′0″S149°37′0″E / 29.05000°S 149.61667°E / -29.05000; 149.61667
Population	306 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s)	2405
Location	667 km (414 mi) NW of Sydney 484 km (301 mi) SW of Brisbane 51 km (32 mi) NW of Moree
LGA(s)	Moree Plains Shire
State electorate(s)	Northern Tablelands
Federal division(s)	Parkes

Garah is a town in north western New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Moree Plains Shire local government area. At the 2016 census, Garah and the surrounding area had a population of 306. ^[1]

Geography

Garah is on the Carnarvon Highway, 667 kilometres (414 mi) north west of the state capital, Sydney and 51 kilometres (32 mi) north west of the regional centre of Moree. It is on the Mungindi railway line (also known as the North West railway line) between Mungindi and Moree.

History

Signage on the former Bank of New South Wales, 2019

The name of the town is an Aboriginal word meaning long or a long distance.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Garah railway station was open between 1913 and 1974. ^[2]

A branch of the Bank of New South Wales was opened in Garah in January 1919. ^[3]

The Presbyterian church in Garah was officially opened on Sunday 21 April 1929 by the Right Reverend A. P. Camerson, church Moderator. ^{[4] [5]}

Facilities

Facilities in the town include a post office, primary school, police station, tennis courts, grain silo, CWA hall, town hall, pre-school, corner shop, pub, race course, small petrol bowser, Catholic church and a Presbyterian Church. Local activities include agriculture.

Events

Garah is also said to have the oldest running picnic races in Australia.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Garah (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
2. Garah station. NSWrail.net, accessed 9 September 2009.
3. "News of the North". Daily Observer . Vol. IX, no. 13. New South Wales, Australia. 15 January 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 17 July 2019– via National Library of Australia.
4. "NEW CHURCH OPENED". North West Champion . Vol. 17, no. 29. New South Wales, Australia. 22 April 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2019– via National Library of Australia.
5. "Garah Presbyterian Church". Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser . Vol. 51, no. 29. New South Wales, Australia. 22 April 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2019– via National Library of Australia.

External links

Media related to Garah, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station	Former services			Following station
Bengerang towards Mungindi		Mungindi Line		Moppin towards Werris Creek