Yalgogrin South is an unbounded rural locality within the locality 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 ...
in the central north part of the
Riverina. It is situated, by road, about 21 km north of
Kamarah and 26 km north 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 ...
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The name Yalgogrin is derived from the local
Aboriginal
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
word for ''dead box tree''.
The former village of
Yalgogrin, better known as Yalgogrin North was at the locality now known as
North Yalgogrin. which lies outside the Riverina area is about 40 km north of Yalgogrin South, past the village of
Tallimba
Tallimba is a town in the Central West (New South Wales), Central West area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of the Bland Shire, New South Wales, Bland Shire 34 km from West Wyalong, New South Wales, West Wyalong and 1½ hours' d ...
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References
Towns in the Riverina
Coolamon Shire
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