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About Wakool

Local information that will interest both long term residents as well as visitors and newcomers. The Shire covers an area of 7,549 sq kilometres with a population of 5,140, according to the 1991 census.

The main population centres include Barham (1233), Moulamein (465), Tooleybuc (approx 250), Wakool (approx 250), Goodnight, Koraleigh, Kyalite and Murray Downs.

The climate is semi arid temperate the area being known as "Riverina". The low rainfall means predominantly clear skies with very warm summers. The topography is flat with small sandy hills in areas. Vegetation varies from forest of giant river red gums through Riverina grasslands to mallee.

The whole area is rich in bird life ranging from blue wrens to waterfowls to the mighty Wedge tail eagle. Kangaroos and emus are plentiful.

There are 1769 km of roads within the Shire, which includes: 42 km of State Highway; 310 km of regional (also known as main or classified) roads, 1375 km or local (also known as shire or unclassified) roads, 41.63 km of roads and streets within the main population centres.

There are 75 bridges maintained by the shire, of which 43 are timber; with 26 bridges on regional roads, 49 on local roads and an additional 8 bridges classified as National Bridges and maintained by the Road Traffic Authority.

Some quick links to related topics:

Information for New Residents	Locality Maps
History of the Shire	Townships
Historical Notes on Bridges

Alternatively, click on the links in the navigation bar to the left.

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