Balranald

Also known as Balranald, New South Wales, Balranald, New South Wales, Australia

Balranald 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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Wikidata facts

Population: 1063
Elevation: 65
Image: BalranaldAnglicanChurch.JPG

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Commons category: Balranald
postal code: 2715
male population: 690
female population: 658
Commons gallery: Balranald, New South Wales

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History
Township beginnings
Burke and Wills
Developments to 1900
1901 to the present
Solar power
Climate
Agriculture
Attractions
Australia's first telephone
Community
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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.