Kamarah, is a village community in the central north part of the

Riverina The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation ...

. It is situated by road, about 11 kilometres west of

Ardlethan Ardlethan () is a small service town in the Coolamon Shire in New South Wales, Australia. Ardlethan is at the intersection of the Burley Griffin Way and Newell Highway. Ardlethan lays claim to be the birthplace of the Australian kelpie. Histor ...

and 12 kilometres east of Moombooldool. At the

2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

, Kamarah had a population of 130 people. Kamarah was previously named ''By Goo''. Its current name comes from the local

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word for 'sleep'. Bygoo Post Office opened on 2 December 1910, was renamed Kamarah next year and closed in 1986. The railway line opened in 1908. The station closed in 1975, however the line remains open for goods trains.Kamarah Station
NSWrail.net, retrieved 10 November 2010.

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Kamarah Railway Siding
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