Warren

Postcode: 2824

Warren is a town and the seat of a local government area, Warren Shire, on the Macquarie River in north western New South Wales, Australia. The town is located on the Oxley Highway 120kms north west of Dubbo. It was laid out in the 1860s and incorporated as a municipality in 1895. The railway reached the town in 1898. Warren is one of the main centres for the wool and cotton growing industries in New South Wales.

The population of the shire at 30 June 2004 was estimated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to be 3,282 people. The population of the town in 2001 was 1,779.

The Shire also boasts many internationally renowned Merino Studs such as Haddon Rig, Raby and Egelabra, just to name a few. The area is extremely flat except for occasional granite outcrops, the largest being Mt Foster (250m) and Mt Harris (240m). Both of these are in a close proximity ard are offshoots of the Warrumbungle Range, which may be seen in the distance. The elevation of Warren is 197m and the general slope of the land is less than 3 degrees.

Both Oxley (1818) and Sturt (1828) passed where the present town of Warren is located in their quest to solve the riddle of the rivers and, of course, the Macquarie Marshes are assocaited with the myth of the Great Inland Sea. Thomas Mitchell also explored the lower region and the Marshes. The early history is comparatively well documented and much photographic material is available from the Warren Shire Library. The town was gazetted on 30th June 1861.

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