Gralee, New South Wales

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Gralee
New South Wales
Leeton Visitors Information Centre.jpg
Leeton Visitors Information Centre.
LGA(s) Leeton Shire
County Cooper
Parish Yarangery
State electorate(s) Murray
Federal Division(s) Riverina

Gralee is a suburb of Leeton, New South Wales in Leeton Shire. Gralee facilities include:

Leeton, New South Wales Town in New South Wales, Australia

Leeton is a town located in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia. Situated approximately 550 km west of Sydney and 450 km north of Melbourne in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, it is the administrative centre of the Leeton Shire Council local government area. Leeton's urban population in 2016 was 8,623. Situated in one of the most productive farming regions in the state, the town was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and purpose-built for the irrigation schemes announced by the New South Wales government in the early 1900s. Citrus, rice, cotton, grapes, walnuts and wheat farms can all be found throughout the Leeton Shire. Leeton is renowned as Australia's Rice Capital and as The Heart of SunRice Country, as it is home to the SunRice headquarters. Other industry includes Freedom Foods, the Daily Drinks Co., JBS Australia, Webster Limited and Murrumbidgee Irrigation Limited.

New South Wales State of Australia

New South Wales is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Tasman Sea to the east. The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. In December 2018, the population of New South Wales was over 8 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Just under two-thirds of the state's population, 5.1 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as New South Welshmen.

Gralee (Gra + Lee) was named after Leeton poet, "Jim Grahame" (J. W. Gordon), as was Grahame Park.

The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales no longer recognises Gralee as a suburb. [1]

The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, a statutory authority of the Land and Property Information division, Department of Finance and Services in the Government of New South Wales, is the official body for naming and recording details of places and geographical names in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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References

  1. "Gralee". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 August 2013. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Coordinates: 34°34′S146°25′E / 34.567°S 146.417°E / -34.567; 146.417

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