Mangoplah is a town approximately 36 kilometres (22 mi) south of Wagga Wagga

Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

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 in the Riverina

Riverina

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 region of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. At the 2006 census

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, Mangoplah had a population of 689 people. Its name is believed to mean "Koori

Koori

The Koori are the indigenous Australians that traditionally occupied modern day New South Wales and Victoria....

s singing" in the Wiradjuri aboriginal language

Wiradjuri language

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History

Mangoplah Post Office opened on 1 September 1880, closed in 1885 and reopened in 1911.

A hotel and grain silo was built in 1923, and a railway station operated in the town from 1925 until 1956 - a bushfire in 1952 forced its closure.

Mangoplah was formerly within the Shire of Kyeamba until 1 January 1981 when the Shire was amalgamated with the Shire of Mitchell into the City of Wagga Wagga

City of Wagga Wagga

The Wagga Wagga City Council was formed from the amalgamation of City of Wagga Wagga with Mitchell and Kyeamba Shires in 1981. 22 December 2009, Wagga Wagga City Council announced that Phil Pinyon would be appointed as the General Manager of the Wagga Wagga City Council after Lyn Russell, who...

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Today

The town contains a hotel

Public house

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, hall, two churches, a primary school, a general store and a rural produce distributor. The local Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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 team is the Mangoplah Cookardinia United-Eastlakes Football Club. The official mascot for the club is the Goanna

Goanna

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. The three football grades and the netball teams compete in the Riverina Football League

Riverina Football League

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Mangoplah is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of Livingstone National Park

Livingstone National Park

Livingstone is a national park and state conservation area located south of Wagga Wagga and east of Mangoplah, in the South West Slopes region of south western New South Wales.-History:...

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External links

• Pictures of Mangoplah Station (NSWRail.net)