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Welcome to Walgett

Walgett is a town in northern NSW, Australia, it is the junction of the Barwon and Namoi Rivers and the Kamilaroi and Castlereagh Highways. It was inhabited by the Gamilaroi (also spelt Kamilaroi) Nation of Indigenous peoples before white settlement.

Walgett website and business directory, Walgett is a town in northern NSW, Australia, it is the junction of the Barwon and Namoi Rivers and the Kamilaroi and Castlereagh Highways. It was inhabited by the Gamilaroi (also spelt Kamilaroi) Nation of Indigenous peoples before white settlement. It was gazetted in 1851 and town sites were surveyed in 1859.

Tourism

Walgett is a major highway junction for touring routes to the north Lightning Ridge, to the East Burren Junction and Wee Waa to the South Coonamble to the west Brewarrina.

Agriculture

The Walgett District is a producer of a variety of agricultural commodities including cotton, wheat, beef cattle and sheep and pulse crops.

History

Walgett is rich in history it was gazetted in 1859 and the courthouse built in 1865 it was a port for paddle steamers in 1861 to 1870.  It was proclaimed 20 March 1885 and surveyed.

Directory

A business directory of the town and is included in the Namoi Business Directory, if you own a business the cost to have a landing page and or a listing is minimal.

Rural News

Walk-in ready dairy farm in northern Victoria on offer for $1.8m

Walk-in ready dairy farm in northern Victoria on offer for $1.8m

The dairy's price is in line with other offers around the state.
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Collective problem for biosecurity protection levy middlemen

Collective problem for biosecurity protection levy middlemen

The nation's livestock collection agents have been "left in the dark" and are "largely unaware" they will be forced to collect a new biosecurity protection levy scheduled to begin on July 1.
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Eleven dairy bull breeders added to Genetics Australia honour board

Eleven dairy bull breeders added to Genetics Australia honour board

Six Jersey, three Holstein and two Australian Red breeders named.
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Western Downs brigalow belah country makes $1719/acre

Western Downs brigalow belah country makes $1719/acre

A 1280 acre Western Downs grazing property has sold at auction for $1719/acre.
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Massive cotton field day at Brookstead

Massive cotton field day at Brookstead

One of the country's largest on-farm cotton field days is on Friday.
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