Mirrool

Mirrool
Town
Mirrool (Royal) Hotel, 2010
Mirrool (Royal) Hotel, 2010
Mirrool is located in New South Wales
Mirrool
Mirrool
Coordinates: 34°17′16″S 147°5′42″E / 34.28778°S 147.09500°E / -34.28778; 147.09500
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Elevation
305 m (1,001 ft)
Population
 • Total79 (SAL 2021)
Postcode
2665
CountyBourke

Mirrool is a town in the northern part of the Riverina region of south-west New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Bland Shire local government area and adjacent to the Newell Highway, 473 kilometres (294 mi) south-west of the state capital, Sydney. At the 2011 census, Mirrool and the surrounding area had a population of 234.

The place name Mirrool is derived from the local indigenous Wiradjuri people, and means "pipeclay", "paint" or "coloured clay".

Mirrool post office was opened on 16 November 1911 and was closed in 1982. A railway station opened with the Temora- Roto railway line in 1908. Passenger services ceased in 1983 and the station was closed in 1985.

The town's pub was built between 1913 and 1916 and opened in 1917. In recent times, it was saved when a group of local farmers banded together to buy the licence just before it was sold off to Sydney.[citation needed] (Liquor licences can be sold to another concern and then reinstated in a different location.)

The town also has a football oval and, despite being in New South Wales, 200 km north of the Victorian border, the code of football played in the town is Australian Rules, because it lies within the Australian Rules territory of the narrow wheat belt, stretching north from the Canola Way and centred on the Newell Highway.

Every second Saturday in October, the town holds a large gathering to which Australian Rules fans congregate to compete in the traditional $1000 prize for kicking a football over the 32-metre silos that are situated opposite the pub. The event was first held in 1992 with the winner that year being footballer Billy Brownless. On some occasions, the winner has been the silos.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mirrool (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mirrool (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 April 2015. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ↑ Irish, C.A. (1927). "Names of Railway Stations in New South Wales". Journal And Proceedings. 13 (2). Royal Australian Historical Society: 126. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Bozier, Rolfe. "Mirrool Station". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Judd, Nigel, ed. (2009). Mirrool 100 Years Young: A Collection of History From Mirrool and District. West Wyalong: Shire of Bland. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-9592746-1-5.
  7. ↑ Daffy, Paul (13 October 2002). "Where legends are made". The Age. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
Preceding station Former services Following station
Beckom
towards Roto
 Temora–Roto Line Ariah Park
towards Temora