Wagga Wagga New South Wales | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() Looking down Baylis Street | |||||||||
![]() | |||||||||
Coordinates | 35°7′8″S 147°22′8″E / 35.11889°S 147.36889°E | ||||||||
Population | 54,411 (2016 census)[1] (26th) | ||||||||
Established | 1829 (explored) 1847 (village) 1849 (surveyed) 1849 (town) 1870 (municipality) 1946 (city) | ||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2650 | ||||||||
Elevation | 147 m (482 ft) | ||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||
• Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||
Location | |||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Wagga Wagga | ||||||||
County | Wynyard & Clarendon | ||||||||
Parish | South Wagga Wagga | ||||||||
State electorate(s) | Wagga Wagga | ||||||||
Federal division(s) | Riverina | ||||||||
|
Wagga Wagga is a small city on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales. The name Wagga Wagga is a Wiradjuri Indigenous Australian word. Wagga Wagga means place of many dances and celebrations.[2]
Wagga Wagga has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Koeppen climate classification).
Media related to Wagga Wagga at Wikimedia Commons
Wagga Wagga travel guide from Wikivoyage