Yanco is a village with a population of 505 in
Leeton Shire
Leeton Shire is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Murrumbidgee River and falls within the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.
The Shire includes the town of Leeton a ...
in south western
New South Wales,
Australia
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Yanco is a
Wiradjuri aboriginal language word meaning ''the sound of running water''.
Yanco is located from
Leeton along
Irrigation Way. Yanco is home to the
Powerhouse Museum, McCaughey Park, Murrumbidgee Rural Studies Centre and
Yanco Agricultural High School
The Yanco Agricultural High School, abbreviated as YAHS, is a Education in Australia#Government schools, government-funded Mixed-sex education, co-educational Selective school (New South Wales), academically selective and specialist secondary schoo ...
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Yanco North Post Office opened on 1 March 1888. It was renamed ''Yanko'' in 1892 and ''Yanco'' in 1928.
Football
The town has a team in the
Group 20 Rugby League competition with neighbouring village
Wamoon, the Yanco-Wamoon Hawks. They are renowned for winning five successive titles from 1992 to 1996, a competition record. The club briefly merged with rivals
Narrandera from 2012 to 2014 as the Bidgee Hurricanes, but the sides demerged ahead of the 2015 season. They play at the Yanco Sports Ground, a picturesque oval located across the railway and irrigation channel from the town centre.
The town had a defunct Australian Rules Football team which played in the
Farrer Football League along with
Whitton, known as the Whitton-Yanco Tigers.
Heritage listings
Yanco has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
*
Yanco Weir
Yanco Weir is a heritage-listed weir at Yanco, Leeton Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1928 to 1929 by WC & IC. It is also known as Yanco Weir and site. The property is owned by Department of Planning and Infrastructure, a d ...
* 259 Euroley Road:
Yanco Agricultural High School
The Yanco Agricultural High School, abbreviated as YAHS, is a Education in Australia#Government schools, government-funded Mixed-sex education, co-educational Selective school (New South Wales), academically selective and specialist secondary schoo ...
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