| Griffith New South Wales | |||||||||
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 Griffith Court House | |||||||||
  Griffith | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°17′24″S 146°2′24″E / 34.29000°S 146.04000°E | ||||||||
| Population | 20,569 (2021)[1] | ||||||||
| Established | 4 August 1916[2] | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2680 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 129.2 m (424 ft) | ||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | City of Griffith | ||||||||
| County | Cooper | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Murray | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Farrer | ||||||||
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Griffith is a major regional city in the north-western Riverina region of New South Wales, known commonly as the food bowl of Australia. It is also the seat of the City of Griffith local government area. Like the Australian capital, Canberra, and extensions to the nearby town of Leeton, Griffith was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin.[3] Griffith was named after Arthur Hill Griffith, the then New South Wales Secretary for Public Works.[4] Griffith was proclaimed a city in 1987,[5] and at the 2021 census had a population of 20,569.[1]
It can be accessed by road from Sydney and Canberra via the Hume Highway and the Burley Griffin Way and from Melbourne, via the Newell Highway and either by using the Kidman Way or the Irrigation Way. Griffith can be accessed from other places like Adelaide, Orange, and Bathurst through the Mid-Western Highway and the Rankins Springs road from Rankins Springs and the Kidman Way from Goolgowi.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Griffith". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ Kelly, Bryan Morris (1988). From wilderness to eden : a history of the City of Griffith, its region and its people. Griffith, N.S.W.: City of Griffith Council. p. 18. ISBN 0-7316-3994-4.
- ^ Landscape Architecture, Walter Burley Griffin Society Inc, 2015, archived from the original on 15 May 2016, retrieved 8 March 2016
- ^ Nairn, Bede (1983). "Griffith, Arthur Hill (1861–1946)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
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