Caroona is a small village in

Liverpool Plains Shire Liverpool Plains Shire is a local government area located in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was formed on 17 March 2004 by the amalgamation of Quirindi Shire with parts of Parry, Murrurundi and Gunned ...

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. Caroona is located on the Quirindi-Coonabarabran road, about 20 kilometres WNW of

Quirindi Quirindi ( or ) is a small town on the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia, in Liverpool Plains Shire. At the , Quirindi had a population of 2,602. It is the nearest link to Gunnedah, New South Wales, Gunnedah to the northw ...

. There are also road links to

Werris Creek Werris Creek is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, near Tamworth, in Liverpool Plains Shire. It is north of Quirindi and is at the junction of the Main North railway line to Armidale and Moree. At the 2011 census, Werris Creek had a ...

and Pine Ridge. Caroona is located in the prime Liverpool Plains agricultural region. Caroona formerly had a station on the

Binnaway – Werris Creek railway line Binnaway is a small town located on the Castlereagh River in central western New South Wales near the larger centre of Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Coonabarabran, which is about 35 kilometres to the north. In 2021, the town had a population o ...

and has a grain storage and loading facility. Caroona is located near the

Mooki River Mooki River, a perennial stream that is part of the Namoi catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. The river starts at the junction of Omaleah Creek and Phillips ...

. The village of Walhallow is located about 2 kilometres north of Caroona, although it is across the local government area boundary, in

Gunnedah Shire Gunnedah Shire is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Liverpool Plains in the Namoi River valley and is traversed by the Oxle ...

. Walhallow was the site of an

Aboriginal reserve An Aboriginal reserve, also called simply reserve, was a government-sanctioned settlement for Aboriginal Australians, created under various state and federal legislation. Along with missions and other institutions, they were used from the 19th ...

and mission known as Caroona Mission, which holds many sacred sites.

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