Garah, New South Wales
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| Garah New South Wales |
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 Post office at Garah |
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 Garah
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| Population: | 336 |
| Postcode: | 2405 |
| Coordinates: | 29°03′S 149°37′E / 29.05°S 149.617°ECoordinates: 29°03′S 149°37′E / 29.05°S 149.617°E |
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| LGA: | Moree Plains Shire |
| State District: | Barwon |
| Federal Division: | Parkes |
Garah is a village in Moree Plains Shire, New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Garah and the surrounding area had a population of 336.[1]
It is located 51 kilometres northwest of Moree on the Carnarvon Highway. Local activities include agriculture. It is on the Mungindi railway line between Mungindi and Moree.
This small town consists of 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.
Garah is also said to have the oldest running picnic races in Australia.
The Mungindi, or North West railway line passes through the town and a station was open between 1913 and 1974.[2]
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- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Garah (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC17241&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ Garah station. NSWrail.net, accessed 9 September 2009.
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towards Mungindi
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Mungindi Line |
towards Werris Creek
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