Mingoola is a locality in the

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region of

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, Australia. The locality is in the

Tenterfield Shire Tenterfield Shire is a local government area located in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is situated adjacent to the New England Highway. The mayor of the Tenterfield Shire Council is Cr. Bronwyn Petrie, an una ...

local government area, on the

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and Mole River north west of the state capital, Sydney. At the , Mingoola had a population of 18. In 2016, Mingoola was the site for a pioneering refugee resettlement program. The program involved the resettlement of refugees from Africa to live and work in Mingoola. The program has been seen as an opportunity for refugees and small rural communities alike. However, by 2019, all of the refugees had left Mingoola due to drought making farming and farm jobs unviable, medical conditions that required being closer to specialists, and lack of water again due to the drought.

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