Menindee, New South Wales
Menindee | |
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Ah Chung's Bakehouse Gallery | |
Menindee | |
| Coordinates: 32°23′33″S 142°25′05″E / 32.39250°S 142.41806°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
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| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Elevation | 61.0 m (200.1 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 537 (2021 census) |
| Postcode | 2879 |
| Mean max temp | 25.9 °C (78.6 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 11.3 °C (52.3 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 245.8 mm (9.68 in) |
Menindee (derived from Minandichi, the original Indigenous name for Lake Menindee, and frequently but erroneously spelled "Menindie") is a small town in the far west of New South Wales, Australia, in Central Darling Shire, on the banks of the Darling River, with a sign-posted population of 980 and a 2021 census population of 537. Menindee was the first town to be established on the Darling River. There are two distinct theories for the derivation of the township’s name: (a) from the Barkindji word "minandichi" for the shallow ephemeral lake north-west of the present-day township; (b) from the Barkindji word 'milhthaka', meaning "yolk of an egg".