Narrandera, New South Wales
Encyclopedia
Transport
Narrandera is well served for transport. The Sturt Highway and the Newell Highways cross, just south of Narrandera. Greyhound buses pass daily - note that the destination can be listed as Jillenbah.The Narranderra-Leeton airport is 5km west of town, and Regional Express (REX) operate several turboprop return services daily to Sydney, an hour and 10 minutes (approx) flying time away.
Narrandera's railway station is serviced by the weekly Countrylink Sydney to Griffith XPlorer. It stops on the way to Griffith at 2:33pm on Saturdays and stops on the way back to Sydney at 8:45am on Sundays. CountryLink buses carry passengers daily to and from Wagga, to meet Sydney and Melbourne bound train services.
In popular culture
The book JessicaJessica (novel)
Jessica is a historical novel based in real facts by Bryce Courtenay. It has been published in 1998 and like other works from this author covers several years in the life of the main character: Jessica Burgman. It was adapted into a mini-series starring Leeanna Walsman and Sam Neill which aired on...
by Bryce Courtenay has several mentions of Narrandera as the main town near the place where the book is set.
Notable citizens
Notable citizens originating from Narrandera include the Governor of New South Wales Marie BashirMarie Bashir
Marie Roslyn Bashir AC, CVO is the present Governor of New South Wales since 2001 and also the Chancellor of the University of Sydney since 2007. Born in Narrandera, New South Wales, Bashir graduated from the University of Sydney in 1956 and held various medical positions, with a particular...
; Australian Rules footballer, Tim Ruffles
Tim Ruffles
Tim Ruffles is an Australian rules footballer with the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League .- AFL career :...
, who plays for the Fremantle Football Club; Daniel Christian
Daniel Christian
Daniel Trevor Christian is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for Australia and South Australia.On 5 June 2010 he joined Hampshire Royals for the Friends Provident T20...
(Australian Cricketer); Prima ballerina Kathleen Gorham
Kathleen Gorham
Kathleen Gorham OBE was an Australian ballerina.Born in Narrandera, New South Wales, she lived much of her life in Melbourne...
; and Patrick Hartigan
Patrick Joseph Hartigan
Monsignor Patrick Joseph Hartigan was an Australian Roman Catholic priest, educator, author and poet.-Biography:...
(poet and author who used the pen name
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
, "John O'Brien"): the bush ethos celebrated by Hartigan in his writings is commemorated in the annual John O'Brien Bush Festival held in the town.