Type: | town |
Mitta Mitta | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -34.8833°N 198°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Elevation: | 303 |
Dist1: | 21 |
Location1: | Nangus |
Dist2: | 30 |
Location2: | Bethungra |
Lga: | Junee Shire |
County: | Clarendon |
Stategov: | Cootamundra |
Mitta Mitta is a farming community in the north eastern part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 30km (20miles) south of Bethungra and 21km (13miles) north east of Nangus.
thumb|200px|left|Mitta Mitta CemeteryMitta Mitta is locatable only by finding the old St Stephen's Anglican Church situated 8km (05miles) along a corrugated dirt road that runs west from the Nangus to Bethungra road.
The name Mitta Mitta is derived from the local Aboriginal words "mida-modunga" meaning "where reeds grow".
Mitta Mitta Post Office opened on 1 January 1888, was reduced to a Telephone Office in 1931 and closed in 1936.