Jerilderie

Postcode: 2716

Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia, is a town of 1790 people and a Local Government Area called the Jerilderie Shire Council, located on the Billabong Creek located in southern Riverina bordering the Urana, Berrigan, Conargo and Murrumbidgee councils.

It can be found along the Newell Highway 674 kilometres southwest of Sydney and 60 kilometres north of the Victorian state border.

Jerilderie is an irrigated farming centre, the area around Jerilderie produces a quarter of all tomatoes grown in Australia, as well as being a prime Merino stud region. Additionally Jerilderie has a diverse number of crops such as rice, wheat, canola, mung and soya beans, onions, liquorice, grapes and a number of cattle farms.

The town has two primary schools, Jerilderie Public School and Jerilderie Catholic School, an 18 hole golf course, four pubs, and a hospital which was the first in regional Australia to operate with solar power.

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