Welcome to the Shire of Wentworth
Wentworth was named after the New South Wales
explorer and politician William Charles Wentworth. The area
was proclaimed a municipality on January 23, 1879. Wentworth is the region's oldest
settlement located at the junction of Australia's two largest rivers, the Murray and the Darling.
Wentworth Shire covers an area of 2,616,926 hectares (26,000 sq km) and has a
population of approximately 8,000 people. The southern boundary (along the
Murray River) has the greatest population density in the townships of Wentworth,
Dareton, Buronga and Gol Gol. Wentworth is situated 1,075 km from Sydney, 585 km
from Melbourne and 420 km from Adelaide and is located within New South Wales,
on the border of Victoria. More»
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