Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
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Wagga Wagga New South Wales |
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Looking down Baylis Street
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 Wagga Wagga
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| Coordinates | 35°7′8″S 147°22′8″E / 35.11889°S 147.36889°ECoordinates: 35°7′8″S 147°22′8″E / 35.11889°S 147.36889°E | ||||||
| Population | 55,820 (2015) (26th) | ||||||
| Established | 1829 (explored) 1847 (village) 1849 (surveyed) 1849 (town) 1870 (municipality) 1946 (city) |
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| Postcode(s) | 2650 | ||||||
| Elevation | 147 m (482 ft) | ||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Wagga Wagga | ||||||
| County | Wynyard & Clarendon | ||||||
| Parish | South Wagga Wagga | ||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wagga Wagga | ||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Riverina | ||||||
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| Use | City |
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| Proportion | 1:1 |
| Adopted | 1965 |
| Designed by | Mr H Ellis Tomlinson, MA, FHS |
Wagga Wagga (/ˈwɒɡəˈwɒɡə/WOG-ə WOG-ə; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of 55,820 people, Wagga Wagga is the state's largest inland city, and is an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia. The ninth fastest growing inland city in Australia, Wagga Wagga is located midway between the two largest cities in Australia–Sydney and Melbourne–and is the major regional centre for the Riverina and South West Slopes regions.
The central business district is focused around the commercial and recreational grid bounded by Best and Tarcutta Streets and the Murrumbidgee River and the Sturt Highway. The main shopping street of Wagga is Baylis Street which becomes Fitzmaurice Street at the northern end. The city is in an alluvial valley and much of the city has a problem with urban salinity.
The original inhabitants of the Wagga Wagga region were the Wiradjuri people. In 1829, Charles Sturt became the first European explorer to visit the future site of the city. Squatters arrived soon after. The town, positioned on the site of a ford across the Murrumbidgee, was surveyed and gazetted as a village in 1849 and the town grew quickly after. In 1870, the town was gazetted as a municipality.
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