Griffith, New South Wales

Griffith New South Wales
Griffith Court House
Griffith
Coordinates	34°17′24″S 146°2′24″E / 34.29000°S 146.04000°E / -34.29000; 146.04000Coordinates: 34°17′24″S 146°2′24″E / 34.29000°S 146.04000°E / -34.29000; 146.04000
Population	19,540 (2015)
Established	4 August 1916
Postcode(s)	2680
Elevation	129.2 m (424 ft)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
• Summer (DST)	AEDT (UTC+11)
Location	803 km (499 mi) from Adelaide 568 km (353 mi) from Sydney 512 km (318 mi) from Melbourne 358 km (222 mi) from Canberra 191 km (119 mi) from Wagga Wagga
LGA(s)	City of Griffith
County	Cooper
State electorate(s)	Murray
Federal Division(s)	Farrer
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 23.8 °C 75 °F 10.0 °C 50 °F 397.3 mm 15.6 in

Griffith /ˈɡrɪfəθ/ is a major regional city in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area that is located in the north-western part of the Riverina region of New South Wales, known commonly as the food bowl of Australia. It is also the seat of the City of Griffith local government area. Like the Australian capital, Canberra and the nearby town of Leeton, Griffith was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin. Griffith was named after Arthur Hill Griffith, the first New South Wales minister of Public Works. Griffith was proclaimed a city in 1987, and had a population of 19,540 in 2015.

It can be accessed by road from Sydney and Canberra via the Hume Highway and the Burley Griffin Way and from Melbourne, Victoria via the Newell Highway and either by using the Kidman Way or the Irrigation Way and other places like Adelaide, Orange, New South Wales and Bathurst through the Mid-Western Highway through the Rankins Springs road from Rankins springs and the Kidman Way from Goolgowi.