Narromine is a town located about 40 kilometres west of Dubbo in the Orana

Orana, New South Wales

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 region of New South Wales

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, Australia

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. It is the centre of Narromine Shire. At the 2006 census

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, Narromine had a population of 3,599 people. The town name comes from a pastoral property, which in turn came from an Aboriginal word for 'honey person'.

The first European to visit the district was John Oxley

John Oxley

John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of English colonisation.October 1802 he was engaged in coastal survey work including an expedition to Western Port in 1804-05...

 who traced the course of the Macquarie River in 1818.

The town was established after the arrival of the Main West railway line

Main Western railway line, New South Wales

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 on 20 October 1882, the railway platforms being the first structures in the town.

The area is a popular area for gliding

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 and the growing of citrus

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 fruits. The Macquarie River passes through the town. The main road from Dubbo to the west also passes through, this being the Mitchell Highway

Mitchell Highway

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 named after the early explorer Sir Thomas Mitchell. The area is characterised by hot summers and mild winters.

Personalities

The town of Narromine has produced several success stories, most recently sports personalities Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath

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 (Australian cricket team

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: Fast bowler ), Melinda Gainsford-Taylor

Melinda Gainsford-Taylor

Melinda Gainsford-Taylor is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events.In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m...

 (Sprinter: Commonwealth games

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 medalist), Disney

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 animator Adam Phillips

Adam Phillips (animator)

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 and Justin Smith

Justin Smith (rugby league)

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 (rugby league

Rugby league

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: North Queensland Cowboys

North Queensland Cowboys

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). Other notable sportsmen to represent Australia at the International level include David Gillespie (Australian Rugby League

Australian Rugby League

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) and David Jahnsen (International Gliding Championships)

Sporting teams

Narromine is heavily involved in regional sport. As a result of Narromine's proud sporting heroes this town has a great involvement in a number of different sports.

In Rugby league Narromine is represented by the Narromine Jets in the Group 11 Country Rugby League competition. Narromine has had a significant amount of success in this competition. Particularly, in 2002/2003 when their U18's took out the Group 11 competition with relative ease. The team defeated Dubbo Cyms in the 2002 grand final after completing the regular season undefeated. In 2003 the team lost only one game before defeating Dubbo Macquarie Raiders in a one sided affair.

External links

• Narromine Online - Community website
• Narromine Shire Council - Official Council website