Goodooga, New South Wales Explained

Type:town
Goodooga
State:nsw
Coordinates:-29.1°N 147.4667°W
Pop:247
Postcode:2838
Elevation:140
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Dist1:784
Dir1:NW
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:714
Dir2:SW
Location2:Brisbane
Dist3:282
Dir3:W
Location3:Moree
Dist4:73
Dir4:NW
Location4:Lightning Ridge
Dist5:40
Dir5:SW
Location5:Hebel, Qld
Lga:Brewarrina Shire
Stategov:Barwon
Fedgov:Parkes
Maxtemp:27.6
Mintemp:13.5
Rainfall:418.4
Near-N:Hebel (Qld)
Near-Ne:Hebel (Qld)
Near-E:Lightning Ridge
Near-Se:Cumborah
Near-S:Narran Lake
Near-Sw:Brewarrina
Near-W:Wellmoringle
Near-Nw:Culgoa National Park

Goodooga is a town in the Australian state of New South Wales in Brewarrina Shire on the eastern bank of the Bokhara River. It is near Brewarrina and Lightning Ridge, its closest neighbour. The town lies south of the Queensland border, and the border town of Hebel.

The shire council has also built the 'Great Artesian Baths' on the northside of town, heated water pool from the Great Artesian Basin.

The Goodooga airstrip is 8.1km (05miles) west-north-west of the town (-29.0729°N 147.3878°W).

History

Yuwaalayaay (also known as Yuwalyai, Euahlayi, Yuwaaliyaay, Gamilaraay, Kamilaroi, Yuwaaliyaayi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuwaalayaay country. It is closely related to the Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay languages. The Yuwaalayaay language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Balonne, including the town of Dirranbandi as well as the border town of Goodooga extending to Walgett and the Narran Lakes in New South Wales.[2]

Goodooga is an Aboriginal word meaning, according to some "yam".[3] However it has been proposed that it derives from "guduu+ga", 'at the place of the Murray cod' [guduu], rather than "gudugaa", a species of yam.[4]

Goodooga's newspaper is the Goodooga Flash.

Sport

Goodooga's main sport is rugby league, the Goodooga Magpies or the Goodooga 'Newtown' Jets.

The other sports played in town include netball, lawn bowls and basketball.

Population

According to the 2016 census of population, here were 247 people in Goodooga.

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_048046.shtml Bureau of Meteorology
  2. Yuwaalayaay. Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. 23 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Goodooga. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. 22 February 2015.
  4. Ash et al. 2003: 91