Yanco

Yanco
New South Wales

Yanco Hotel, welcome sign and a Bills horse trough

Yanco

Coordinates

34°36′0″S 146°24′0″E / 34.60000°S 146.40000°ECoordinates: 34°36′0″S 146°24′0″E / 34.60000°S 146.40000°E

Population

505 (2011 census)^[1]

Postcode(s)

2703

Elevation

164 m (538 ft)

Location

3 km (2 mi) from Leeton

Yarangery

Mean max temp	Mean min temp	Annual rainfall
24.0 °C ^{75 °F}	11.4 °C ^{53 °F}	391.4 mm ^{15.4 in}

Yanco is a village with a population of 505 in Leeton Shire in south western New South Wales, Australia.^[1] Yanco is a Wiradjuri aboriginal language word meaning the sound of running water.^[2] Yanco is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Leeton along Irrigation Way. Yanco is home to the Powerhouse Museum, McCaughey Park, J Bush and Sons Abattoirs, Murrumbidgee College and Yanco Agricultural High School.

Yanco North Post Office opened on 1 March 1888. It was renamed Yanko in 1892 and Yanco in 1928.^[3]

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Leeton Yanco (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
↑ "Yanco". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 11 April 2008.

External links

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Preceding station		NSW Branch lines		Following station
Leeton towards Griffith		Griffith-Yanco line		Terminus
Gogeldrie towards Hay		Hay Line		Narrandera towards Junee

Riverina – New South Wales

Cities	Albury Griffith Wagga Wagga

Local government areas	Albury Balranald Berrigan Carrathool Coolamon Edward River Federation Griffith Greater Hume Gundagai Hay Jerilderie Junee Leeton Lockhart Murray River Murrumbidgee Narrandera Snowy Valleys Temora Wagga Wagga

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National parks	Cocoparra Lachlan Valley Livingstone Murray Valley Murrumbidgee Valley Oolambeyan Woomargama Yanga

Rivers, Water and irrigation entities Other watercourses	Darling Edward Goodradigbee Lachlan Little Murray Murray Murrumbidgee Niemur Paddys Rufus Tooma Tumut Wakool Yass Murray Irrigation Area Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area Murrumbidgee Irrigation Limited Riverina Water County Council Adelong Adjungbilly Back Barmedman Bendy Berthong Billabong Black Joes Bland Bowning Broadway Brooks Bulls Head Bungendore Burkes Cohen Dairy Derringullen Gum Flat Hell Hole Little Jerra Jerra Kindra Mannus Maragle Mirrool Mulwala Canal Murrumbateman Peelwood Pugilistic Reedy Sandy (Mirrool) Spring Tarcutta Taylors Tumbarumba Yellow Bog

Landmarks	Charles Sturt University Ettamogah Pub Hume Dam Hume Power Station Hume and Hovell Track Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area Wyangala Dam

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