Trangie. The rebuilt 1936 Scouts Hut behind the Wugunja Aborginal Cultural Centre with its local stone fireplace.
Trangie. Population 800.
The first white graziers arrived in the 1840s but when Cornish and Walker took up lands in 1866 they used a local Aboriginal word “Trangie” meaning quick for their leasehold lands. The town was created when the Dubbo to Nyngan (and later Bourke) railway came through the Macquarie River valley in 1882. However, the railway station was only built in 1909. The town was slow to develop although the Trangie Hotel and a general store began opening in 1883. The Post Office, a major sign of town development only opened in 1904 but a postal service began in 1883. The second hotel in town the Imperial was built in 1910. A fine School of Arts opened in 1929 and is now a chemist. After the First World War and fine Soldiers Memorial Hall was erected. After the construction of the Burrendong Dam in 1967 agriculture expanded and the district is now known for its cattle, cotton and corn. The Goan Waterhole in the town centre is good for bird life and the park has the “Big Billy Can” which is disappointing in design and scale, but the Wungunja Aboriginal Heritage Centre is interesting. Its excellent collection includes two marked trees known as taphoglyphs and they were burial trees to mark graves. Both came from the Trangie district and are typical of burial trees of both the Wiradjuri and the Kamilaroi peoples of the west of NSW. Just along the street from the cultural centre is the Trangie Catholic Church (1884) and in Harris Street is the 1902 built Presbyterian Church. Although the district depends on the Macquarie River for irrigation is it about 10 kms away from the town.
Trangie. The rebuilt 1936 Scouts Hut behind the Wugunja Aborginal Cultural Centre with its local stone fireplace.
Trangie. Population 800.
The first white graziers arrived in the 1840s but when Cornish and Walker took up lands in 1866 they used a local Aboriginal word “Trangie” meaning quick for their leasehold lands. The town was created when the Dubbo to Nyngan (and later Bourke) railway came through the Macquarie River valley in 1882. However, the railway station was only built in 1909. The town was slow to develop although the Trangie Hotel and a general store began opening in 1883. The Post Office, a major sign of town development only opened in 1904 but a postal service began in 1883. The second hotel in town the Imperial was built in 1910. A fine School of Arts opened in 1929 and is now a chemist. After the First World War and fine Soldiers Memorial Hall was erected. After the construction of the Burrendong Dam in 1967 agriculture expanded and the district is now known for its cattle, cotton and corn. The Goan Waterhole in the town centre is good for bird life and the park has the “Big Billy Can” which is disappointing in design and scale, but the Wungunja Aboriginal Heritage Centre is interesting. Its excellent collection includes two marked trees known as taphoglyphs and they were burial trees to mark graves. Both came from the Trangie district and are typical of burial trees of both the Wiradjuri and the Kamilaroi peoples of the west of NSW. Just along the street from the cultural centre is the Trangie Catholic Church (1884) and in Harris Street is the 1902 built Presbyterian Church. Although the district depends on the Macquarie River for irrigation is it about 10 kms away from the town.