Gilgandra, New South Wales
Gilgandra | |
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The main street of Gilgandra, 2008 | |
Gilgandra | |
| Coordinates: 31°42′0″S 148°40′0″E / 31.70000°S 148.66667°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| LGA | |
| Location | |
| Established | 1888 |
| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Elevation | 282 m (925 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,126 (2016 census) |
| Postcode | 2827 |
| Mean max temp | 24.7 °C (76.5 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 9.9 °C (49.8 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 566.3 mm (22.30 in) |
Gilgandra is a country town in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia, and services the surrounding agricultural area where wheat is grown extensively together with other cereal crops, and sheep and beef cattle are raised. The town is the administrative seat of the Gilgandra Shire.
Sited at the junction of the Newell, Oxley and Castlereagh highways, Gilgandra is located in a wide bend of the Castlereagh River, downstream from its source near Coonabarabran, directly downstream from Mendooran, and upstream from Gulargambone and Coonamble. It is 432 km north-west of Sydney (about six hours' driving time), and is located approximately half way along the inland route from Melbourne to Brisbane. It is known as the town of windmills and the home of the "Coo-ees", and is a gateway to the Warrumbungles National Park.