Australian Towns & Cities: New South Wales: Balranald

Australian Towns & Cities
New South Wales: Balranald
Incorporating photos and Information from Michael Greenslade's former Australian Towns, Cities and Highways site

Balranald, located along the Sturt Highway between Mildura and Hay, is also situated on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River.

The town is the centre of the local sheep, timber, wheat and fruit industries, and is also a major service centre for tourists travelling east-west from Adelaide to Sydney/Brisbane. In the area is Yango Lake (10km east) which is popular for water sports and although far away, the Mungo National Park (150km north) has some interesting features such as the Great Walls of China sand dunes.

The town is named after Balranald in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

Population: 1159 1
Postcode: 2715
Location: 854 km west of Sydney
Main Roads: Sturt Hwy A20
Radio Stations: FM: ABC Classic (102.7 MHz), ABC Mildura-Swan Hill (104.3 MHz), ABC News on Radio (100.3 MHz), ABC RN (93.1 MHz), Flow FM (95.3 MHz), Mixx FM (107.7 MHz) and Triple J (105.3 MHz). AM: ABC Central West (549 kHz), ABC Radio Melbourne (774 kHz), ABC Riverina (675 kHz) and ABC Wimmera (594 kHz)

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	Balranald Town Centre: Market St (Sturt Hwy (A20)), January 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Balranald Town Centre: Market St (Sturt Hwy (A20)), January 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Balranald Town Centre: Market St (Sturt Hwy (A20)), January 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Balranald Town Centre: Market St (Sturt Hwy (A20)) near Mayall St, January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Murrumbidgee River: Looking at the Murrumbidgee River at Balranald, January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Murrumbidgee River: Looking at the Murrumbidgee River at Balranald, January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade

1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016 Census QuickStats

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