Australian Towns & Cities
Incorporating photos and information from Michael Greenslade's former Australian Towns, Cities and Highways site
New South Wales
Wilcannia
Wilcannia, proclaimed a town in the mid 1860s lies on the banks of the Darling River and along the Barrier Highway. The town was once a key port for paddle steamers but since those operations stopped, the town has slowly declined. In the town, several historic buildings still remain from the town's heyday, the centre-lifting Darling River bridge was bypassed sometime ago, but still in place, with several well kept parks along the Darling River. The town's name is of Aboriginal origin meaning "where flood water escapes".
- Population:
- 491 1
- Postcode:
- 2836
- Location:
- 1177 km northwest of Sydney
- Main Roads:
- Barrier Hwy (A32)
- Radio Stations:
- FM:
2WEB (99.9 MHz), Sky Sports Radio (98.3 MHz and 100.5 MHz), Vision Christian Radio (88.0 MHz) Wilcannia River Radio (103.1 MHz) - AM:
ABC Broken Hill (1584 kHz), ABC Radio National (1485 kHz) and ABC Western Plains (657 kHz)
Wilcannia Town Centre:
Reid Street, looking southwest approaching Myers Street in Wilcannia, December 2003.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Wilcannia Town Centre:
Southeast view of Myers Street (Barrier Highway) in Wilcannia, December 2003.
Image © Michael Greenslade
NEW Town Centre:
Barrier Hwy (Myers St) as it passes through Wilcannia, 2003.
Image © Jamie Scuglia
NEW Darling River:
2003 view of the vertical lift span bridge over the Darling River. It was completed in 1896.
Image © Jamie Scuglia