Wagga Wagga

Wagga Wagga
New South Wales
Wagga Wagga; New South Wales
	Looking down Baylis Street
Coordinates	35°7′8″S 147°22′8″E / 35.11889°S 147.36889°ECoordinates: 35°7′8″S 147°22′8″E / 35.11889°S 147.36889°E
Population	54,411 (2016 census) (26th)
Established	1829 (explored); 1847 (village); 1849 (surveyed); 1849 (town); 1870 (municipality); 1946 (city)
Postcode(s)	2650
Elevation	147 m (482 ft)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
• Summer (DST)	AEDT (UTC+11)
Location	452 km (281 mi) from Sydney ; 456 km (283 mi) from Melbourne ; 244 km (152 mi) from Canberra ; 147 km (91 mi) from Albury ; 27 km (17 mi) from Collingullie ;
LGA(s)	City of Wagga Wagga
County	Wynyard & Clarendon
Parish	South Wagga Wagga
State electorate(s)	Wagga Wagga
Federal division(s)	Riverina

Wagga Wagga is a small city on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales. The name Wagga Wagga is a Wiradjuri Indigenous Australian word. Wagga Wagga means place of many dances and celebrations.^[2]

Wagga Wagga Media

An aerial view of Ashmont Reserve and Moorong along the Murrumbidgee River, on the outskirts of the city
Wagga Wagga in 1897
The capture of Captain Moonlite
Hampden Bridge
Federal parliamentarians visiting a proposed site for the Federal Capital of Australia in Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga Fire Station (C. 1903) on Morrow Street in 1912
Queen Elizabeth II being shown sheep at the Wagga Wagga show in 1954
Rotary Peace Monument. Wagga Wagga was the first city in the World to become a Rotary Peace City in February, 1993[1][2][3].
The Wagga Wagga Base Hospital is the primary medical care provider for the wider population of the Riverina region
St Michael's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga