A regional capital city in the southern part of New South Wales, Australia. Population 41,000 (1991). 480 km (road distance) west-southwest of Sydney, on the left bank of the Murrumbidgee River. A road to Adelaide and a railway to Melbourne pass through the city. It is a distribution center for sheep and wheat from the western slope of the Eastern Highlands to the Riverina region, and has an agricultural college, an agricultural experiment station, and light industries. Founded in 1849, it became a city in 1949. The name comes from an aboriginal word meaning the sound of a crow's cry. [Taniuchi Tatsu] Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
オーストラリア,ニュー・サウス・ウェールズ州南部の地方中心都市。人口4万1000(1991)。シドニーの西南西480km(道路距離),マランビジー川左岸にある。アデレードへの道路,メルボルンへの鉄道が通る。東部高地西斜面からリベリナ地方にかけての羊,小麦の集散地で,農業専門学校,農業試験場があり,軽工業が行われる。1849年開基,1949年市制。名称はカラスの鳴声を意味する原住民語に由来する。【谷内 達】
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