Garah is a town in north western

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, Australia. The town is in the

Moree Plains Shire Moree Plains Shire is a local government area in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. The northern boundary of the Shire is located adjacent to the border between New South Wales and Queensland. The Shire is located adja ...

local government area. At the , Garah and the surrounding area had a population of 306.

Geography

Garah is on the

Carnarvon Highway Carnarvon Highway is a state highway in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, linking the township of Rolleston in Queensland's Central Highlands Region, via the town of St George, eventually to Moree in northern New South Wales. It is th ...

, north west of the state capital,

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and north west of the regional centre of Moree. It is on the

Mungindi railway line The Mungindi railway line is a railway line in northern New South Wales, Australia. It branches from the Main North line at Werris Creek station and heads north-west through the towns of Gunnedah and Narrabri before reaching Moree which for m ...

(also known as the North West railway line) between Mungindi and Moree.

History

Signage on the former Bank of New South Wales, Garah, 2019

The name of the town is an Aboriginal word meaning long or a long distance. The Garah railway station was open between 1913 and 1974. A branch of the Bank of New South Wales was opened in Garah in January 1919. The

Presbyterian church Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

in Garah was officially opened on Sunday 21 April 1929 by the Right Reverend A. P. Camerson, church Moderator.

Facilities

Facilities in the town include a post office, primary school, police station, tennis courts, grain silo, CWA hall, town hall, pre-school, corner shop,

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, race course, small petrol bowser, Catholic church and a Presbyterian Church. Local activities include

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

Events

Garah is also said to have the oldest running picnic races in Australia.

References

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