Trangie is a town in the
Orana region of
New South Wales
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, Australia. The town is on the
Mitchell Highway north west of the state capital
Sydney
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. It is part of
Narromine Shire local government area
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. At the , Trangie had a population of 768.
Trangie is on the
Main Western railway line, New South Wales
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Economy
The Trangie Research Centre is "one of the largest broadacre agricultural research centres in Australia".
Welcome to Narromine Shire
narromine.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
Population
According to the 2021 census of Population, there were 768 people in Trangie.
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 21.9% of the population.
* 83.9% of people were born in Australia and 89.4% of people spoke only English at home.
* The most common responses for religion were Catholic 28.0%, Anglican 27.8% and no religion 16.0%.
Climate
Sport
Trangie Magpies formerly played in the Castlereagh Cup rugby league competition.
Tennis player Lesley Turner Bowrey was born here in 1942, as well as rugby league player Justin Carney.
References
External links
Photos of headstones in Trangie General Cemetery
*Trangie local Websit
Trangie NSW
Towns in New South Wales
Localities in New South Wales
Geography of New South Wales
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