Mitta Mitta is a farming community in the north eastern part of the
Riverina
The Riverina
is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation ...
. It is situated by road, about south of
Bethungra and north east of
Nangus
Nangus is a village on the Wagga Wagga to Gundagai Road on the north side of the Murrumbidgee River. From Nangus, Junee, Gundagai, Wantabadgery, Oura, New South Wales, Oura and Wagga Wagga are accessible. Nangus is approximately due west of Gund ...
.
200px, left, Mitta Mitta Cemetery
Mitta Mitta is locatable only by finding the old
St Stephen
Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...
's
Anglican Church
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the ...
situated along a corrugated dirt road that runs west from the Nangus to Bethungra road.
The name ''Mitta Mitta'' is derived from the local
Aboriginal
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
words "mida-modunga" meaning "where reeds grow".
Mitta Mitta Post Office opened on 1 January 1888, was reduced to a Telephone Office in 1931 and closed in 1936.
References and notes
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Towns in the Riverina
Towns in New South Wales