Place Type
Population - Town
Location
337kms NorthWest of Sydney - Driving 439 km (5 hours 26 mins)
397.75kms North of Canberra - Driving 463 km (5 hours 16 mins)
631.93kms SouthWest of Brisbane - Driving 787 km (8 hours 28 mins)
Address & Contact
15 Warren Rd
Gilgandra NSW 2827
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Information
Gilgandra is a medium sized country town of approximately 3000 people on the Castlereagh River in central west New South Wales. The town is situated at the junction of the Newell, Oxley and Castlereagh Highways, between Dubbo and Coonabarabran. Gilgandra derives its name from the language of the Wiradjuri people who are thought to have inhabited the area prior to white settlement. It has been said to mean ‘long waterhole’.
Gilgandra is a service centre to a mixed farming area focused primarily on cropping, sheep and cattle. Other farming activities focus on: pigs, poultry, aquaculture, ostriches, emus, deer, olives, buffaloes and eucalypt plantations.
Gilgandra's annual celebrations include the Coo-ee Festival which is held over the October long weekend. There is also an Easter Vintage Farm Rally and an agricultural show in May. The feature film, 'No Worries' (1992) was produced in Gilgandra.