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Wilcannia, proclaimed a town in the mid 1860's lies on the banks of the Darling River and along the Barrier Highway.

The town was once a key port for paddle steamers but since those operations stopped, the town has slowly declined. In the town, several historic buildings still remain from the town's heyday, the centre-lifting Darling River bridge is still in use with several well kept parks along the Darling River. The town's name is of Aboriginal origin meaning "where flood water escapes".

• Population: XXX 1
• Postcode: 2836
• Location: 1177 km northwest of Sydney
• Main Roads: Barrier Hwy A32
• Radio Stations: FM: 2WEB (99.9 MHz), Rebel FM (104.7 MHz), Wilcannia River Radio (103.1 MHz), Sky Sports Radio (98.3 MHz) and Vision Radio Network (88.0 MHz). AM: ABC Broken Hill (1584 kHz), ABC RN (1485 kHz) and ABC Western Plains (657 kHz),

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	Wilcannia Town Centre: Reid Street, looking southwest approaching Myers Street in Wilcannia, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Wilcannia Town Centre: Southeast view of Myers Street (Barrier Highway) in Wilcannia, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade

1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016 Census Quickstats

Last updated: 11-Dec-2020 10:08

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