Lockhart, New South Wales facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lockhart New South Wales
Looking east in the main street of Lockhart
Lockhart Location in New South Wales
Population	818 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	2656
LGA(s)	Lockhart Shire
County	Urana
State electorate(s)	Wagga Wagga
Federal Division(s)	Riverina

Lockhart is a town in the Riverina Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the location of the Lockhart Shire Council offices. At the 2016 census, Lockhart had a population of 818 people.

History

Greens Gunyah Museum

Lockhart was named after C.G.N. Lockhart - a commissioner for Crown Lands in the Murrumbidgee River area in the 1850s. It was originally known as Greens Gunyah, and renamed Lockhart in 1897. Greens Gunyah was so named because a Mr Green was the earliest settler and had a grog shop on the Urana - Wagga Wagga stagecoach route.

Ferriers Post Office opened on 16 May 1882 and was renamed Lockhart in 1898.

Tim Fischer, National Party leader (1990–1999) and 11th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia was born here. A railway station served the town between 1901 and 1975, it has now been restored and converted into a New South Wales Rural Fire Service station. Seasonal grain trains service silos in the town.

Notable Former Residents

• Bill Peach (Australian Journalist)
• Tim Fischer

Images for kids

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  Entrance sign for Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia

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  Rusty Cockatoo at Spirit of the Land Festival

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  Emu Family Sculpture at Spirit of the Land Festival

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  Horse Power Statue at Spirit of the Land Festival

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  Good Old Days at Spirit of the Land Festival

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  Bonnie Dog at Spirit of the Land Festival

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  Tower Mural