Rennie is a town community in

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

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. It is in the south-east of the

Riverina The Riverina () is an agricultural list of regions in Australia, region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, a climate with significant seaso ...

about 10 kilometres south of Savernake and 19 kilometres from

Mulwala Mulwala (locally , elsewhere also ) is a town in the Federation Council local government area in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. Situated on Lake Mulwala, an artificial lake formed by the damming of the Murray River, it fo ...

. Rennie Post Office opened on 1 February 1937 and closed in 1989. Rennie is home to Rennie Football Club, playing in the Picola & District Football League.

Transport

Rennie is served by a

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branch of the

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which extends to

Oaklands, New South Wales Oaklands is a town in the Riverina district of southern New South Wales, Australia. The town is located 615 kilometres south west of the state capital, Sydney and 105 kilometres north west of Albury. Oaklands is in the Federation Council lo ...

and has been converted to standard gauge to meet the North East Railway.

Notes

External links

Rennie Rail Siding Photos
{{authority control Towns in the Riverina Federation Council, New South Wales