Mathoura
Mathoura | |
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Pastoral Hotel, with the Soldiers Memorial Garden and the Tattersalls Club Hotel in the background | |
Mathoura | |
| Coordinates: 35°49′0″S 144°54′0″E / 35.81667°S 144.90000°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
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| Established | 1860 |
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| • Federal division | |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 938 (2016 census) |
| Postcode | 2710 |
| County | Cadell |
| Mean max temp | 22.0 °C (71.6 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 9.1 °C (48.4 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 437.3 mm (17.22 in) |
Mathoura /məˈθaʊərə/ is a small town in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia, in the Murray River Council local government area. At the 2016 census, Mathoura had a population of 938. At the 2021 census the population was 1,002.
The town's name may be derived from a Yorta Yorta word for 'windy'. (There is also a city called Mathura in India.)
Traditional Yorta Yorta lands lie on both sides of the Murray River roughly from Cohuna to Albury / Wodonga. They include towns such as Echuca, Shepparton, Benalla, Corowa and Wangaratta and extend northwards to just south of Deniliquin.