Malebo, New South Wales

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Malebo
New South Wales

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Malebo Shooting Range
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Malebo
Coordinates 35°04′S147°16′E / 35.067°S 147.267°E / -35.067; 147.267 Coordinates: 35°04′S147°16′E / 35.067°S 147.267°E / -35.067; 147.267
Postcode(s) 2650
Elevation 169 m (554 ft)
Location
LGA(s) City of Wagga Wagga
County Bourke
State electorate(s) Wagga Wagga

Malebo is an unbounded neighbourhood in the locality of Euberta in the central east part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 10 km west of Wagga Wagga and 16 km east of Millwood.

Euberta, New South Wales Town in New South Wales, Australia

Euberta is a farming community in the central Riverina area of New South Wales. It is situated on the old Narrandera road with Millwood 6 kilometres to its west and Malebo 9 kilometres to its east. At the 2006 census, Euberta had a population of 379 people. The area is made up of rich pastoral close to the Murrumbidgee River giving graziers the ability to use central pivot and other irrigation systems to grow crops such as Lucerne.

Riverina Region in New South Wales, Australia

The Riverina is an agricultural region of South-Western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation. This combination has allowed the Riverina to develop into one of the most productive and agriculturally diverse areas of Australia. Bordered on the south by the state of Victoria and on the east by the Great Dividing Range, the Riverina covers those areas of New South Wales in the Murray and Murrumbidgee drainage zones to their confluence in the west.

Millwood, New South Wales Town in New South Wales, Australia

Millwood is a rural community in the central east part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 6 kilometres south east from Currawarna and 26 kilometres south from Coolamon.

Malebo has no public buildings nor signage other than the prominent Malebo Shooting Range sign on the ridge of Malebo hill.

Malebo Post Office opened on 16 August 1888 and closed in 1912. [1] It had a hotel. [2]

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Malebo valley

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References

  1. Premier Postal History, Post Office List , retrieved 2009-06-11
  2. "News". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 May 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 6 September 2017. The homestead was formerly known as Malebo Hotel, ...