Koraleigh, New South Wales
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Koraleigh is a small village in the Riverina District of New South Wales
, Australia
on the Murray River
in Wakool Shire
. It is situated 6 km northeast from Nyah, Victoria
and 15 km south from Tooleybuc
. At the 2006 census
, Koraleigh had a population of 373 people.
Koraleigh Post Office opened on 18 September 1922. In the late 1980s, the Post Office moved from its original location in Eagles Lane and was integrated into the town's only store.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
on the Murray River
Murray River
The Murray River is Australia's longest river. At in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between New South Wales and Victoria as it...
in Wakool Shire
Wakool Shire
Wakool Shire is a Local Government Area located between the Murray River and the Murrumbidgee River and on the Sturt Highway.Towns in the Shire are: Barham , Moulamein , Tooleybuc , Wakool and Koraleigh.- Council :...
. It is situated 6 km northeast from Nyah, Victoria
Nyah, Victoria
Nyah is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Murray Valley Highway, in the Rural City of Swan Hill Local Government Area, 365 kilometres north west of the state capital, Melbourne...
and 15 km south from Tooleybuc
Tooleybuc, New South Wales
Tooleybuc is a town in the western Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located on the Mallee Highway, south west of the state capital, Sydney and north west of Melbourne. Situated on the banks of the Murray River across from Piangil in the neighbouring state of...
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Koraleigh had a population of 373 people.
Koraleigh Post Office opened on 18 September 1922. In the late 1980s, the Post Office moved from its original location in Eagles Lane and was integrated into the town's only store.