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Nyngan () is a town in north-western New South Wales , Australia . Nyngan is located 8hrs drive north-west from Sydney, on the Bogan River about 177m above sea level. It is located between Narromine and Bourke , on the junction of the Mitchell Highway and Barrier Highway , 583 km north-west of Sydney . The Barrier Highway starts at Nyngan, and runs west to Cobar . The town has a number of heritage buildings located in Cobar and Bogan Sts. The town hall (1897), courthouse and post office (1880) are in Cobar St, between Terangion St and Tabratong St. On opposite corners of the Bogan and Terangion St intersection are the Anglican and Catholic Churches. Bogan St also has a number of private homes from the 1890s. Barrett's Hotel, in Nymagee St, was built in 1865, then rebuilt after a fire, in 1884. It has since burnt down again. A blacksmith's and stables was once located to its rear. The Heritage Coffee Shop is located in a building which was once the Nyngan Hotel (1883), on Nymagee St. The old railway station in Pangee St, near the Dandaloo St intersection, has been restored and converted into an historical museum. It includes a display relating to the 1990 flood and the old telephone exchange, amongst other items relating to local history. Thomas Mitchell explored the Bogan River in 1835, camping on the future townsite. He noted the local Aboriginal description 'nyingan', said to mean 'long pond of water'. The district was originally inhabited by the Ngiyambaa Aborigines. In 1881, surveyor Edward McFarlane was sent to assess a location for a town 'Nyingen' which he described as "high, open, scalded plain, with a sand ridge, heavily timbered with pine, box and various kinds of scrub, the eastern part being open saltbush plain. Towards the river it was low, swampy and subject to inundation." The Nyngan village site was gazetted in 1882. In 1883 the railway came through to stop at Nyngan serving the needs of Pastoralist s running Stock Stations and 'runs', grazing Merino sheep for wool. By 1891 Nyngan had a population of 1355. In 2005 it has a population of approximately 2500. Nyngan is within Bogan Shire which has an area of 14,610 square kilometres. It is supported by agricultural production, grazing of sheep and cattle and cropping, primarily wheat. The area averages about 17 inches (434mm) per year. However, there is great variability in the rainfall. In 1888 only 7.5 inches was recorded, while in 1950 the town had nearly 45 inches. In 1990, due to high rainfall locally on top of a flood coming down the Bogan with waters from Queensland , the town experienced the largest Flood in white history. Nyngan was severely flooded by the Bogan River. The entire town was evacuated after a tremendous community effort to maintain the levee banks with 260 000 sandbags layered on top of the existing levee, failed. The levee breached and waters flooded the town, causing $50 million worth of damage. A national relief fund was established to help the town recover. There is a beautiful Fountain Memorial to the flood in the main street. |
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