Balranald
Sign in to saveBalranald is a town within the local government area of Balranald Shire, in the Murray region of far south-western New South Wales, Australia.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Balranald
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.image
- BalranaldSturtHighway1.JPG
- Australian place.caption
- The Sturt Highway at Balranald
- Australian place.pop
- 1,063
- Australian place.established
- 1851
- Australian place.postcode
- 2715
- Australian place.elevation
- 61
- Australian place.dist1
- 854
- Australian place.dir1
- WSW
- Australian place.location1
- Sydney
- Australian place.dist2
- 80
- Australian place.dir2
- ESE
- Australian place.location2
- Euston
- Australian place.dist4
- 163
- Australian place.dir4
- ESE
- Australian place.location4
- Mildura
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- Township beginnings
- Burke and Wills
- Developments to 1900
- 1901 to the present
- Solar power
- Climate
- Agriculture
- Attractions
- Australia's first telephone
- Community
- Population
- References
- External links
Balranald is a town within the local government area of Balranald Shire, in the Murray region of far south-western New South Wales, Australia.
The town of Balranald is located where the Sturt Highway crosses the Murrumbidgee River in a remote, semi-desert area. Although it is part of New South Wales, Balranald receives Victorian television stations, with a range of Sydney and Melbourne newspapers available. Balranald was featured heavily in 2010–2015 Australian tourism ads, displaying the natural flora of the region with over 30 subspecies of shrubs native to Balranald and its surrounds.