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Rowena
New South Wales
Rowena is located in New South Wales
Rowena
Rowena
Location in New South Wales
Population 201 (2006 census)
Postcode(s) 2387
LGA(s) Walgett Shire
State electorate(s) Barwon
Federal Division(s) Parkes

Rowena is a small town in the far northeast of New South Wales, Australia, and lies in the Walgett Shire. It serves an agricultural community which consists of both dry and irrigated cropping as well as grazing. At the 2006 census, Rowena had a population of 201 people.

A public school, which opened in 1923 and was rebuilt in 1996, serves the district. The Pokataroo railway line passes through the town.

The school has about 30 children with the last name Bartlett (2009). The town has a pub, a general store, and a post office, as well as an oval and a swimming pool.

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