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Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

Wagga Wagga
New South Wales
Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga.jpg
Looking down Baylis Street
Wagga Wagga is located in New South Wales
Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga
Coordinates 35°7′8″S 147°22′8″E / 35.11889°S 147.36889°E / -35.11889; 147.36889Coordinates: 35°7′8″S 147°22′8″E / 35.11889°S 147.36889°E / -35.11889; 147.36889
Population 55,820 (2015) (26th)
Established 1829 (explored)
1847 (village)
1849 (surveyed)
1849 (town)
1870 (municipality)
1946 (city)
Postcode(s) 2650
Elevation 147 m (482 ft)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s) City of Wagga Wagga
County Wynyard & Clarendon
Parish South Wagga Wagga
State electorate(s) Wagga Wagga
Federal Division(s) Riverina
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.1 °C
72 °F
9.0 °C
48 °F
573.4 mm
22.6 in
Flag of Wagga Wagga
Flag of Wagga Wagga
Use City
Proportion 1:1
Adopted 1965
Designed by Mr H Ellis Tomlinson, MA, FHS

Wagga Wagga (/ˈwɒɡəˈwɒɡə/WOG WOG; 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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