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Wakool County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. The main geographic feature of the county is the Wakool River. The county contains the towns of Barham, Moulamein, Wakool and Kyalite.
The name Wakool is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word. [1]
A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:
Murray Shire was a local government area in the Riverina region of south western New South Wales, Australia. It included the towns of Moama and Mathoura. It was abolished on 12 May 2016 and its area merged with the Wakool Shire to establish the Murray River Council.
Wakool Shire was a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was located between the Murray River and the Murrumbidgee River and adjacent to the Sturt Highway. Towns in the Shire are Barham, Moulamein, Tooleybuc, Wakool and Koraleigh.
Kyalite is a locality on the Wakool River in the Riverina district of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is part of Balranald Shire and is approximately 890 kilometres (550 mi) south west of the state capital Sydney and 400 kilometres (250 mi) north west of Melbourne. Kyalite was formerly known as Wakool Crossing. At the 2006 census, Kyalite had a population of 108.
Dilpurra is a village community in the south western part of the Riverina in New South Wales, Australia.
Cunninyeuk is a locality in the Murray River Council, New South Wales, Australia.
Burraboi is a community in New South Wales, Australia. It is in the southwestern part of the Riverina and situated about 34 kilometres (21 mi) north of Barham and 50 km south of Moulamein. At the 2016 census, Burraboi had a population of 63.
Wakool is a town in the western Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Wakool is in the Murray River Council local government area, 791 kilometres (492 mi) south west of the state capital, Sydney and 336 kilometres (209 mi) north-west of Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Wakool had a population of 297.
Edward River, or Kyalite River, an anabranch of the Murray River and part of the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the western Riverina region of south-western New South Wales, Australia.
The Murray Irrigation Area is geographically located within the Riverina area of New South Wales, between Mulwala and Moulamein. It was created to control and divert the flow of local river and creek systems for the purpose of food production. The main river system feeding and fed by the area is the Murray River.
Tullakool is a village community in the south west part of the Riverina. The place by road, is situated about 23 kilometres east from Burraboi and 27 km (17 mi) west from Wakool. It was the location of the first commercial rice crop in the Murray valley. At the 2021 census, Tullakool had a population of 68.
The Golden Rivers Football Netball League (GRFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball organisation with clubs in north central Victoria and the western Riverina district of New South Wales.
Speewa is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 19 km from Swan Hill, Victoria on the Murray River. It is unusual in that it shares its name with a contiguous locality in New South Wales.
Wakool River, an anabranch of the Edward River that is part of the Murray River catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the western Riverina region of south western New South Wales, Australia.
Francis Edward Old was an Australian politician.
The Murray River Council is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed in 2016 from the merger of Murray Shire with Wakool Shire.
Wakool is a town in New South Wales, Australia
The Gee Gee Bridge was a heritage-listed road bridge that carried Noorong Road across the Wakool River, connecting Cunninyeuk with Wetuppa in New South Wales, Australia. The bridge was designed by Harvey Dare and opened in 1929. Owned by the Murray River Council it was replaced by a concrete structure in May 2020 and demolished.
The Coonamit Bridge is a heritage-listed road bridge that carries Swan Hill Road across the Wakool River, connecting Mallan and Dilpurra in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The bridge was designed by Harvey Dare and built in 1929. The bridge is owned by Transport for NSW and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 20 June 2000.
Mallan is a locality in the Murray River Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 690 km from Sydney and covers an area of some 320 square kilometers.
Wetuppa is a locality in the Murray River Council, New South Wales, Australia.
