| Mathoura New South Wales | |||||||||
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 Pastoral Hotel, with the Soldiers Memorial Garden and the Tattersalls Club Hotel in the background | |||||||||
  Mathoura | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°49′0″S 144°54′0″E / 35.81667°S 144.90000°E | ||||||||
| Population | 938 (20162016 census)[1] | ||||||||
| Established | 1860 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2710 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Murray River Council | ||||||||
| County | Cadell | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Murray | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Farrer | ||||||||
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Mathoura /məˈθaʊərə/ is a small town in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia, in the Murray River Council local government area. At the 2016 census, Mathoura had a population of 938.[1] At the 2021 census the population was 1,002.[2]
The town's name may be derived from a Yorta Yorta word for 'windy'.[3][4] (There is also a city called Mathura in India.[5])
Traditional Yorta Yorta lands lie on both sides of the Murray River roughly from Cohuna to Albury / Wodonga. They include towns such as Echuca, Shepparton, Benalla, Corowa and Wangaratta and extend northwards to just south of Deniliquin.[6]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mathoura (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ At the 2021 census the population was 1,002
- ^ "Mathoura (town)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ "The Yorta Yorta (Bangerang) language of the Murray Goulburn Including Yabula Yabula" (PDF).
- ^ "Newsletter of the Australian National Placename Survey, June 2004" (PDF).
- ^ "Yorta Yorta Country".
