West Wyalong

New South Wales, Australia
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Also known as: Main Camp

West Wyalong, town, south-central New South Wales, Australia. It is situated in the fertile Riverina district. Founded as a gold-mining settlement in 1895, it was originally known as Main Camp to distinguish it from Wyalong (3 miles [5 km] away). Proclaimed a town in 1900, it became a shire in 1906. The name Wyalong is an Australian Aboriginal word of unknown meaning. After the last mine closed in 1921, West Wyalong became the service centre for a region of wheat, stock, and mixed farming and lumbering. West Wyalong is situated at the junction of the Newell and Mid Western highways ...(100 of 144 words)