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Weethalle ( ) is a town in the Central West region of
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, Australia. The town is in the
Bland Shire Bland Shire is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. it covers an area of . As at the the population was 5,995. It is a member of the League of Extraordinary Communities which was established by Dull, Per ...
local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
and on the
Mid-Western Highway Mid-Western Highway, sometimes Mid Western Highway, is a state highway located in the central western and northern Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. The highway services rural communities and links the Great Western, Mitchell, ...
, west of the state capital, Sydney, and north east of Griffith. At the , Weethalle and the surrounding area had a population of 307. The name "Weethalle" is said to be an
Australian aboriginal Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait I ...
word for drink.


History

The area now known as Weethalle lies on the traditional lands of the
Wiradjuri The Wiradjuri people (; ) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. They survived as skilled hunter-fisher-gatherers, in family groups or clans, a ...
people. The Weethalle area was set aside as homestead farms for returned soldiers in 1921. The Rankins Springs railway line was extended to Weethalle in 1922. Land clearing commenced and by 1923 the first wheat from the area was delivered to the Weethalle railway station. By 1924, a site was surveyed for a village to service the surrounding farms with town allotment sales taking place the following year. A "skeleton" town was in existence by 1926, with "buildings in all states of construction" and "built mostly of wood". In the same year, a provisional school was established along with a branch of the
Commercial Banking Company of Sydney The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, also known as the CBC, or CBC Bank, was a bank based in Sydney, Australia. It was established in 1834, and in 1982 merged with the National Bank of Australasia to form National Australia Bank. Hi ...
. An observer in 1928 described the growth of Weethalle as "remarkable" with the town having "sprung up in the night". In that year, a new hotel was built at a cost of £13,000. The hotel was the newest addition to a town that also boasted a bank, "2 stores ... butchers, bakers, hairdresser and tobacconist, several agents, a school, a doctor, a dance and picture hall, and a tri-weekly rail service."


Sport

The most popular sport in Weethalle is
rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
. The town's team, the Weethalle Kangaroos, used to compete in the Group 17 Rugby League competition.


Gallery

File:Weethalle Mid-Western Highway 003.JPG, Weethalle Mid-Western Highway File:Weethalle Mid-Western Highway Signs.JPG, Weethalle Mid-Western Highway File:Weethalle Pioneer Park.JPG, Pioneer Park File:Weethalle Playground.JPG, park File:Weethalle Police Station & Court House 002.JPG, Court House File:Weethalle Post Office.JPG, Post Office File:Weethalle Presbyterian Church.JPG, Presbyterian Church File:Weethalle Roadhouse.JPG, Weethalle Roadhouse File:Weethalle Showgrounds.JPG, Weethalle Showgrounds File:Weethalle Sports Oval Entrance.JPG, Sports Ground File:Weethalle Tennis Courts.JPG, Tennis Courts File:Weethalle Town Entry Sign 001.JPG, Weethalle Town Entry File:Weethalle CWA Rooms.JPG,
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Rooms File:Weethalle Building 001.JPG, Street in Weethalle File:Weethalle Building 002.JPG, Weethalle Street File:Weethalle CBC Bank Museum.JPG, Museum File:Weethalle War Memorial.JPG, War memorial File:Weethalle Wee St 001.JPG, Weethalle Wee St File:Weethalle Railway Station 001.JPG, Railway Station Wheatfield near Weethalle IMG 20211115 164812.jpg, Wheatfield near Weethalle


References


Further reading

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External links


Weethalle
- Bland Shire Council Towns in New South Wales 1924 establishments in Australia Populated places established in 1924 {{NSW-geo-stub