Boorooma, New South Wales

Boorooma
Wagga WaggaNew South Wales
Vianney College, Boorooma
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Population863 (2016 census)[1]
LGA(s)City of Wagga Wagga
CountyClarendon
ParishNorth Wagga Wagga
State electorate(s)Wagga Wagga
Federal division(s)Riverina
Suburbs around Boorooma:
Estella Estella Cartwrights Hill
Estella Boorooma Cartwrights Hill
Wagga Wagga North Wagga Wagga

Boorooma is a suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, located in the city's north, beyond the floodplains of the Murrumbidgee River. The locality is a southern neighbour of Charles Sturt University—which in fact is referred to as 'Boorooma Campus' and is located directly to the east of the suburb of Estella and to the north of the Olympic Highway. Boorooma is progressively undergoing transition from rural residential type allotments to more intensive urban residential uses. Boorooma is also home to Vianney College Seminary and The Riverina Anglican College, and has land zoned for a future shopping centre.

Streets in Boorooma are named after 'Notable Australian Sporting Identities',[2] such as Messenger Ave after Dally Messenger and Bradman Drive for Don Bradman.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Boorooma (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Wagga Wagga City Council (2009). Planning Standing Committee May Business Paper (PDF). p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.