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| type = town | name = Wakool | state = nsw | image = Wakool Hotel and Main Street 2010.JPG | caption = The main street of Wakool, looking south towards the general store. The Wakool Hotel is in the foreground. | image_alt = | relief = | coordinates = {{coord|35|28|0|S|144|23|0|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = | map_alt = | pop = 297 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = [1] | poprank = | density = | density_footnotes = | established = | established_footnotes = | abolished = | gazetted = | postcode = 2710 | elevation = 80 | elevation_footnotes = | area = | area_footnotes = | timezone = | utc = | timezone-dst = | utc-dst = | dist1 = 791 | dir1 = | location1 = Sydney | dist2 = 336 | dir2 = | location2 = Melbourne | dist3 = 63 | dir3 = | location3 = Deniliquin | lga = Murray River Council | region = | county = Wakool | stategov = Murray | fedgov = Farrer | url = | maxtemp = | maxtemp_footnotes = | mintemp = | mintemp_footnotes = | rainfall = | rainfall_footnotes = | near-n = | near-ne = | near-e = | near-se = | near-s = | near-sw = | near-w = | near-nw = | near = | footnotes = }}Wakool {{IPAc-en|w|ɔː|ˈ|k|uː|l}}[2] is a town in the western Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Wakool is in the Murray River Council local government area, {{convert|791|km|mi}} south west of the state capital, Sydney and {{convert|336|km|mi}} north-west of Melbourne. At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Wakool had a population of 297.[1] HistoryWakool Post Office opened on 1 January 1870 and closed in 1874. It reopened in 1926.[3] Closer settlement of the Wakool area commenced in the 1890s and the town grew around a railway station established on the line between Echuca and Balranald. In 1942, rice growing was established in the area. Other industries include wool and cattle.[4] Heritage listingsWakool has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Current facilitiesThe town includes a cafe/post office, hotel and services club. Education is available to primary level at Wakool Burraboi Public School;[6] High School students must travel to Barham or Deniliquin.[7] SportThe town used to have an Australian rules football club in the Golden Rivers Football League from 1958-2015, and then 2017 & 2018. The team managed to win seven premierships in seasons 1976, 1978, 1980, 1989, 1990, 2006, 2013. GalleryReferences1. ^1 {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC14090|name=Wakool (State Suburb) |accessdate=7 January 2017|quick=on}} 2. ^Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. {{ISBN|1-876429-14-3}} 3. ^{{Citation | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= | accessdate = 2009-06-11}} 4. ^SMH Travel - Wakool page. Retrieved 10 August 2010. 5. ^{{cite NSW SHR|5051343|Murray Downs Homestead|hr=01438|fn=H00/00106|accessdate=18 May 2018}} 6. ^Wakool Primary School Retrieved 10 August 2010. 7. ^Wakool Shire Council - Official website, Wakool page. Retrieved 16 January 2007. External links{{commons category-inline}}
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