Toogong is a town in the Central West region of

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. The town is located in the

Cabonne Shire Cabonne Council is a local government area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Mitchell Highway and the Broken Hill railway line, partly surrounding the City of Orange. The administrati ...

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, west of the state capital,

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. At the , Toogong had a population of 370. By 2016 this number had fallen to 79. Toogong is an aboriginal word meaning 'Dried up Lake.' Toogong was the birthplace of

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in 1953, now Regional Express. Built in 1872, St. Albans Anglican church in Toogong is the oldest still existing church in the

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district and

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listed. The church was built with the financial support of the Irvine family who had emigrated to Australia from Northern Ireland and had built an inn and post office at Toogong in 1863. Apart from being a house of worship it was also used for schooling. The two remaining Irvine brothers of the original five also erected a war memorial in the church grounds in 1924 to honour the men from the district who saw active war service.''Canowindra and district churches'', authors: Berna Wright, Gwen Wythes, Dorothy Balcomb, published: 1988, A school was operated at Toogong from 1922 to 1967 in a dedicated school house, now disused but still preserved.Memorial plaque at the Toogong school house, erected by the Canowindra & District Historical Society in 1980 Toogong was once a stop at the

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stagecoach line from

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