Whitton is a small town located in Leeton Shire in the Australia

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n state of New South Wales

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. Founded in 1850, it is named after John Whitton

John Whitton

John Whitton was appointed Engineer-in-Charge for the New South Wales Railways, Australia, in January 1867. Over the next 32 years he completed 2811 miles of railway around NSW and Victoria...

 (1820-98), Engineer-in-Charge of the New South Wales Government Railways

New South Wales Government Railways

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. The railway reached Whitton in 1881. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

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, Whitton had a population of 394.

Hulong Post Office opened on 15 October 1881 and was renamed Whitton in 1883.
Whitton contains the Ricebowl Hotel, 2 general stores, a post office, St Carthage Catholic Church, St John's Anglican Church, a bowling club, and a number of houses.