Goodooga is a town in the

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in Brewarrina Shire on the eastern bank of the Bokhara River. It is near Brewarrina and Lightning Ridge, its closest neighbour. The town lies south of the Queensland border, and the border town of Hebel. The shire council built the 'Great Artesian Baths' on the northside of town, heated water pool from the Great Artesian Basin. The Goodooga

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is west-north-west of the town ().

History

Yuwaalayaay (also known as ''Yuwalyai, Euahlayi, Yuwaaliyaay, Gamilaraay, Kamilaroi, Yuwaaliyaayi'') is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuwaalayaay country. It is closely related to the Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay languages. The Yuwaalayaay language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Balonne, including the town of Dirranbandi as well as the border town of Goodooga extending to Walgett and the Narran Lakes in New South Wales.' Goodooga is an Aboriginal word meaning, according to some " yam". However it has been proposed that it derives from "guduu+ga", 'at the place of the Murray cod' uduu rather than "gudugaa", a species of yam.Ash et al. 2003: 91 Goodooga's newspaper is the ''Goodooga Flash''.

Sport

Goodooga's main sport is

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, the Goodooga Magpies or the Goodooga 'Newtown' Jets. The other sports played in town include netball, lawn bowls and basketball.

Population

According to the 2016 census of population, here were 247 people in Goodooga. * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 74.4% of the population. * 94.6% of people were born in Australia and 84.7% of people only spoke English at home. * The most common responses for religion was Catholic at 44.7%.

Gallery

File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-post office-2021.jpg, Australia Post office, Brenda Street at the intersection with Doyle Street (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-church-2021.jpg, Church (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-hospital-2021.jpg, Hospital (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-school-2021.jpg, Goodooga Central School, Doyle Street (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-police station-2021.jpg, Police station (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-community hall-2021.jpg, Community hall (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-public hotel-2021.jpg, Telegraph Hotel, Adams Street (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-street scene-2021.jpg, Hammond Street and housing (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-Great Artesian Baths area-2021.jpg, Goodooga Great Artesian Baths area and water tower (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-emu mob-2021.jpg, Mob of emus along the Goodooga Brenda Road (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-Bohkara River-2021.jpg, Bokhara River in flood, from the Goodooga Brenda Road bridge, west of the town (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-Birrie River old bridge-2021.jpg, Birrie River old bridge, beside the Goodooga Brenda Road (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-Birrie River new bridge-2021.jpg, Birrie River new bridge, of the Goodooga Brenda Road (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-Hebel-Goodooga Road south heat-2021.jpg, Hebel-Goodooga Road going south, north of the town (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-Langboyd Road dirt-2021.jpg, Langboyd Road, looking north, south-west of the town (2021). File:AU-NSW-Goodooga-Jobs Gate Road bitumen-2021.jpg, Jobs Gate Road, looking east, further south-west of the town (2021).

Notes

References

*Anna Ash et al., Gamilaraay, Yuwaalaraay and Yuwaalayaay Dictionary. IAD Press: Alice Springs, 2003. Towns in New South Wales Brewarrina Shire Aboriginal communities in New South Wales {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub