Trewilga
Trewilga is a bounded rural locality in Parkes Shire, Central New South Wales. Trewilga is about 401 km (249 mi) west-northwest of New South Wales' capital city of Sydney. The postcode for Trewilga NSW is 2869.[5] The area was opened up in the Australian Gold Rush, with a town of four streets by four streets gazetted in 1889 and a railway station.
| Trewilga New South Wales | |
|---|---|
  Trewilga | |
| Coordinates | 32°47′11″S 148°13′47″E |
| Established | 1889 |
| Postcode(s) | 2869 |
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) |
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) |
| Location | |
| LGA(s) | Parkes Shire |
| County | Narromine[1] |
| Parish | Mingelo[1] |
| State electorate(s) | Orange[2] |
| Federal Division(s) | Calare[3] |
| Footnotes | Coordinates:[1] Distances:[4] |
Today mining remains an important feature of the community with twenty mines in the district.[6] The area is however, predominantly agricultural and Trewilga Railway Station closed in the 1970s.
Goobang National Park lies to the east of the suburb.
References
- "Trewilga". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- "Orange". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- "Calare". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- "Travelmate". travelmate.com.au. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- Trewilga Post Code.
- Downes, P, NSW Metallic Mineral Occurrence Database. (NSW Department Of Mineral Resources , 1997)
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