Collingullie
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  Collingullie | |
| Coordinates: 35°5′19″S 147°7′44″E / 35.08861°S 147.12889°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
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| Elevation | 182 m (597 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 258 (2021 census)[2] |
| Postcode | 2650 |
| County | Mitchell |
Collingullie (/ˈkɒlɪnɡʌli/ KOL-in-gul-ee) is a village 26 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The village is located on the Sturt Highway, between Wagga Wagga and Narrandera, at the crossroads with the road to Lockhart.
At the 2021 census, Collingullie had a population of 258 people.[3] The name, Collingullie, could have derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'boggy ground'.[4]
Collingullie Post Office opened on 1 August 1879 and closed in 1982.[5] The town's school, Collingullie Public School which has 56 students, is located on Urana Street.[6]
Popular culture
[edit]The town was the subject of a song written by Garth Porter and Lee Kernaghan, "Collingullie Station", on the Three Chain Road album.
In recent years the tiny village of Collingullie has produced two Australian Football League draftees – Matthew Kennedy and Harry Perryman, who both played for the Greater Western Sydney Football Club.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Archived 28 June 2022 at abs.gov.au (Error: unknown archive URL)
- ↑ "2021 Collingullie, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ↑ "Collingullie". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
- ↑ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ↑ "Collingullie Public School". New South Wales Public Schools. Archived from the original on 5 September 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
- ↑ The tiny NSW village producing AFL stars. The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 May 2017
External links
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Media related to Collingullie at Wikimedia Commons
