Roto is a small settlement situated in the far-west of
New South Wales
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Australia. It lies at the junction of the
Broken Hill railway line
The Broken Hill railway line is now part of the transcontinental railway from Sydney to Perth.
New South Wales's first line opened from Sydney to Parramatta Junction (near Granville Station) in 1855 and was extended as the Main Western line in ...
and the partly closed
branchline to Temora via Griffith. At the , Roto and the surrounding area had a population of 41.
A small railway station opened at the site in 1919,
however is now closed.
The property "Roto Station" is 123,000 acres (50,000 hectares) of mixed farming.
A property nearby to the Roto homestead was the childhood home of two-time Australian off-road motorcycle racing champion
Toby Price
Toby Joseph Price OAM is an Australian off-road and enduro motorcycle racing world champion. He lives in Gold Coast, Queensland, and rode for the KTM Off-Road Racing Team until October 2015. He now represents the Red Bull Factory KTM Rally T ...
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References
Towns in New South Wales
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