Bargo, New South Wales
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| Coordinates | 34°18′S 150°35′E / 34.300°S 150.583°ECoordinates: 34°18′S 150°35′E / 34.300°S 150.583°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,130 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2574 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 100 km (62 mi) South-West of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Wollondilly Shire | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Macarthur | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wollondilly | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Hume | ||||||||||||||
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Bargo is a small town of the Macarthur Region, New South Wales, Australia in the Wollondilly Shire. It is approximately 100 km south west of Sydney.
It is situated between the township of Tahmoor (north) and the village of Yanderra (south), and accessible via the Hume Highway that links Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. It was previously known as West Bargo and Cobargo.
Bargo railway station was first opened on 19 July 1919 as West Bargo and then renamed in 1921 as Bargo.. The station is part of the Main South Line and is served by NSW TrainLink's Southern Highlands Line. The original Bargo railway station building on the eastern side of the platform was destroyed by arson. Currently in use is a permanent demountable building.
Bargo's community facilities include a racetrack, tennis courts, sporting fields and skate park. Its commercial facilities include a hotel, motel, post office, a sports club, two small grocery stores, chemist, bakery, butcher, newsagent, liquor store, restaurants (including bistros at the pub and club), takeaway food, petrol station, pharmacy, car mechanic, two hairdressing salons and several other small businesses, including a used car dealership.
The name Bargo may be derived from the local Aboriginal language name Barago, meaning cripple, thick scrub, or brushwood.
The earliest reference to Barago was noted as by George Caley in a letter to Sir Joseph Banks on 25 September 1807. The aborigines called the Bargo area Narregarang, meaning that the soil was not firm - a shaky place. Early explorers and convicts found getting through the Bargo area a difficult experience due to the thick scrub, explorers dubbing the tricky bush the Bargo Brush. In early Colonial times, 'Bargo Brush' became notorious among travelers for harboring 'bolters', convicts who had escaped from captivity and become bushrangers.
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