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

Mathoura is a small town in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia, in the Murray River Council local government area. At the , Mathoura had a population of 938. At the 2021 census the population was 1,002.

Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Country
Australia
Population
691
Elevation
112
Capital of
Murray Shire
Shares border with
Barmah
Image
MathouraMemorialPark.JPG
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postal code
2710
Commons category
Mathoura
male population
466
female population
472
Commons gallery
Mathoura, New South Wales
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Cobb Highway
  • History - 1800s
  • History - 1900s
  • Mathoura and the campaign against the feather trade
  • First World War
  • Mathoura’s day out. Victory picnic & procession
  • Climate
  • Today
  • See also
  • Redbank & the Tilt
  • Green Gully – the former course of the Murray River
  • References
  • External links

Mathoura is a small town in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia, in the Murray River Council local government area. At the , Mathoura had a population of 938. At the 2021 census the population was 1,002.

The town's name may be derived from a Yorta Yorta word for 'windy'. (There is also a city called Mathura in India.)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mathoura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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