Pokataroo Explained

Type:town
Pokataroo
State:nsw
Coordinates:-29.5917°N 148.7°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Location1:Approx. 130km from Moree, 13km from Collarenebri, 45km from Rowena and 78km from Burren Junction.
Lga:Walgett Shire
Stategov:Barwon

Pokataroo is a small settlement in the far north-west of New South Wales, Australia, that lies in the Walgett Shire.[1] It is made up of approximately 20 people, with only 10 buildings not including the large family farm of Taroo that takes up a large part of the eastern side of the road.

It used to have a railway station.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Woolmington . E. R. . 1965-09-01 . Metropolitan gravitation in Northern New South Wales . Australian Geographer . 9 . 6 . 359–376 . 10.1080/00049186508702446 . 0004-9182.
  2. Web site: Carpenter . Terence . 2017-09-21 . The railway pay buses recalled . 2022-07-04 . Goulburn Post . en-AU.