Collingullie ( ) is a village north-west of

Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga (; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of more than 57,003 as of 2021, it is an important agricultural, m ...

in the

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region of

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. The village is located on the

Sturt Highway Sturt Highway is an Australian national highway in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. It is an important road link for the transport of passengers and freight between Sydney and Adelaide and the regions along the route. Initiall ...

, between Wagga Wagga and

Narrandera Narrandera ( ), until around 1949 also spelled "Narandera", is a town located in the central Riverina region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The town lies on the junction of the Newell Highway, Newell and Sturt Highway, Sturt highwa ...

, at the crossroads with the road to Lockhart. At the 2021 census, Collingullie had a population of 258 people. The name, ''Collingullie'', could have derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'boggy ground'. Collingullie Post Office opened on 1 August 1879 and closed in 1982. The town's school, Collingullie Public School which has 56 students, is located on Urana Street.

Popular Culture

The town was the subject of a song written by

Garth Porter Garth Ivan Richard Porter (born 24 September 1948) is a New Zealand-born Australian multi-instrumental musician, songwriter and record producer. He was a member, on keyboards and backing vocals, of the pop group, Sherbet (1970–84), and co-wr ...

and

Lee Kernaghan Lee Kernaghan OAM (born 15 April 1964) is an Australian country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. Kernaghan has won four ARIA Awards and three APRA Awards, and has sold over two million albums, and as of 2021, has won 38 Golden Guitars ...

, "Collingullie Station", on the

Three Chain Road ''Three Chain Road'' is the second studio album by Australian musical artist, Lee Kernaghan. It was released in August 1993 and peaked at number 35 in May 1994. The title refers to the road reserve width of three chains (one chain = 22 yards) of ...

album. In recent years the tiny village of Collingullie has produced two

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

draftees – Matthew Kennedy and

Harry Perryman Harry Perryman (born 19 December 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Perryman was initially drafted to and played 129 games for the Giants befor ...

, who both played for the

Greater Western Sydney Football Club The Greater Western Sydney Giants (officially the Greater Western Sydney Football Club and colloquially known as the GWS Giants or simply GWS or Giants) are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney Olympic Park which repres ...

.The tiny NSW village producing AFL stars
''

The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuous ...

'', 17 May 2017

References

External links

Collingullie Football Club History
{{authority control Wagga Wagga Towns in the Riverina Towns in New South Wales