Warregah Island is an island in the
Clarence River in
New South Wales
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, Australia. It is a long narrow island in the north arm of the river adjacent to
Chatsworth Island
Chatsworth may refer to the following, all named for Chatsworth House in England :
Places Australia
* Chatsworth, Queensland a semi-rural locality in the Gympie Region
* Electoral district of Chatsworth, Queensland, Australia
Canada
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and
Harwood Island. It is connected to both Chatsworth Island and the north bank of the river by road bridges on Old Murrayville Road which crosses the southwestern end of Warregah Island.
The locality of Warregah Island includes the island itself, Coolah Island on its northern edge, and the waterways on both sides out to the midline of the stream. In 2021 it had a population of 30 people.
The traditional custodians of the area including Warregah Island are the
Yaygirr
The Yaygir, Yuraygir, or Yaegl, are an Australian Aboriginal tribe who traditionally live and lived in and around Yamba and Maclean, New South Wales.
Language
Yaygir was one of the two Gumbaynggiric languages, closely related to Gumbaynggir, ...
people.
The island is low-lying and flat. The dominant land use is farming, particularly
sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...
.
References
Islands of New South Wales
Northern Rivers
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