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Goodooga
New South Wales
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Town sign from northern approach (2021).
Goodooga is located in New South Wales
Goodooga
Goodooga
Location in New South Wales
Population 247 (2016 census)
Postcode(s) 2838
Elevation 140 m (459 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Brewarrina Shire
County Narran
State electorate(s) Barwon
Federal Division(s) Parkes
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
27.6 °C
82 °F
13.5 °C
56 °F
418.4 mm
16.5 in
Localities around Goodooga:
Culgoa National Park Hebel (Qld) Hebel (Qld)
Wellmoringle Goodooga Lightning Ridge
Brewarrina Narran Lake Cumborah

Goodooga is a town in the Australian state of New South Wales in Brewarrina Shire on the eastern bank of the Bokhara River. It is near Brewarrina and Lightning Ridge, its closest neighbour. The town lies 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the Queensland border, and the border town of Hebel.

The shire council has also built the 'Great Artesian Baths' on the northside of town, heated water pool from the Great Artesian Basin.

The Goodooga airstrip is 8.1 kilometres (5 mi) west-north-west of the town (29°4′22.5″S 147°23′16″E / 29.072917°S 147.38778°E / -29.072917; 147.38778).

Sport

AU-NSW-Goodooga-sports oval-2021
Magpie Park, Walgett Street (2021).

Goodooga's main sport is rugby league, the Goodooga Magpies or the Goodooga 'Newtown' Jets.

The other sports played in town include netball, lawn bowls and basketball.

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