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Trewilga railway station

Trewilga
New South Wales
A map of New South Wales showing the location of Trewilga marked by a red dot
A map of New South Wales showing the location of Trewilga marked by a red dot
Trewilga
Coordinates 32°47′11″S 148°13′47″E / 32.78639°S 148.22972°E / -32.78639; 148.22972Coordinates: 32°47′11″S 148°13′47″E / 32.78639°S 148.22972°E / -32.78639; 148.22972
Established 1889
Postcode(s) 2869
Time zone AEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
  • 401 km (249 mi) WNW of Sydney
  • 79 km (49 mi) SSW of Dubbo
  • 41 km (25 mi) N of Parkes
LGA(s) Parkes Shire
County Narromine
Parish Mingelo
State electorate(s) Orange
Federal Division(s) Calare
Footnotes Coordinates:
Distances:

Trewilga is a bounded rural locality in Parkes Shire, Central New South Wales. Trewilga is about 401 km (249 mi) westnorthwest of New South Wales' capital city of Sydney. The postcode for Trewilga NSW is 2869. The area was opened up in the Australian Gold Rush, with a town of four streets by four streets gazetted in 1889 and a railway station.

Today mining remains an important feature of the community with twenty mines in the district. The area is however, predominantly agricultural and Trewilga Railway Station closed in the 1970s.

Goobang National Park lies to the east of the suburb.


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