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Wagga Wagga, New South Wales Australia
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
Wagga Wagga
New South Wales, Australia
Wagga Wagga, city, southeastern New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the Murrumbidgee River. Settled in the 1830s, Wagga Wagga was proclaimed a town in 1849, a borough in 1870, and a city in 1946. Its name is an Aboriginal word meaning “many crows” in reference to the birds that frequent the area. It is a service centre for the fertile Riverina district (chiefly wheat, cattle, and sheep). Secondary industries include a rubber-goods factory, timber and flour mills, dairy-products factories, iron foundries, and engineering works. The Sturt Highway runs through Wagga Wagga, and there is rail and air service ...(100 of 178 words)