Kywong, New South Wales

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Kywong
New South Wales
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Kywong Railway Siding - closed 1975
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Kywong
Coordinates 34°59′0″S146°44′0″E / 34.98333°S 146.73333°E / -34.98333; 146.73333 Coordinates: 34°59′0″S146°44′0″E / 34.98333°S 146.73333°E / -34.98333; 146.73333
Postcode(s) 2700
Location
LGA(s) Narrandera Shire
County Mitchell
State electorate(s) Cootamundra
Federal division(s) Riverina

Kywong is a rural place within the locality of Sandigo [1] in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the Sturt Highway, 520 kilometres south west of the state capital, Sydney and 64 kilometres west of Wagga Wagga.

The Kywong Football Club competed in the Faithful & District Football Association in 1922 & 1923. They then went into recess from 1924 to 1931, then returned to play in the Faithful & DFA from 1932 - 1935. Kywong defeated Greenvale in the 1934 grand final played at Boree Creek, [2] with over 200 people attending a premiership ball at the Sandigo Hall. [3] The club folded after the 1935 season.

Kywong was the terminus of the Kywong railway line, a branch line of the Main Southern railway line, opened in 1929 and closed in 1975. [4] Shortly after, the Government Grain Elevators, later known as the Australian Wheat Board (AWB), constructed silos at Kywong for the storage of grain prior to rail transport to markets.

The Kywong Public School opened in 1940 and closed in 1985.

In 2001, the owners of the Kywong silos, GrainCorp announced their closure. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "View Record - Kywong". Geographical names Board of NSW. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "1934 - Faithful & DFA - Grand Final". Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW). 6 September 1934. p. 8. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kywong Premiership Celebrations". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW). 25 September 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Kywong Branch". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 2 February 2007.
  5. ↑ Tompson, Clem. "Kywong". Archived from the original on 27 February 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2007.



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