Driving in the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

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 56,000 as of June 2018, Wagga Wagga is the state's largest inland city, and is an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia. The ninth largest inland city in Australia, Wagga Wagga is located midway between the two largest cities in Australia—Sydney and Melbourne—and is the major regional centre for the Riverina and South West Slopes regions.

The central business district is focused around the commercial and recreational grid bounded by Best and Tarcutta Streets and the Murrumbidgee River and the Sturt Highway. The main shopping street of Wagga is Baylis Street which becomes Fitzmaurice Street at the northern end. The city is accessible from Sydney via the Sturt and Hume Highways, Adelaide via the Sturt Highway and Albury and Melbourne via the Olympic Highway and Hume Highway. The city is in an alluvial valley and much of the city has a problem with urban salinity.

The original inhabitants of the Wagga Wagga region were the Wiradjuri people. In 1829, Charles Sturt became the first European explorer to visit the future site of the city. Squatters arrived soon after. The town, positioned on the site of a ford across the Murrumbidgee, was surveyed and gazetted as a village in 1849 and the town grew quickly after. In 1870, the town was gazetted as a municipality.

During the negotiations leading to the federation of the Australian colonies, Wagga Wagga was a contender for the site of the capital for the new nation. During World War I the town was the starting point for the Kangaroo recruitment march. The Great Depression and the resulting hardship saw Wagga Wagga become the centre of a secession movement for the Riverina region. Wagga Wagga became a garrison town during World War II with the establishment of a military base at Kapooka and Royal Australian Air Force bases at Forest Hill and Uranquinty. After the war, Wagga Wagga was proclaimed as a city in 1946 and new suburbs were developed to the south of the city. In 1982 the city was amalgamated with the neighbouring Kyeamba and Mitchell Shires to form the City of Wagga Wagga local government area.

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This video starts at the Murrumbidgee River end of Crampton St, turning left in Fitzmaurice St, 0:33 crossing Kincaid St, 0:58 crossing Gurwood St at Romano’s Hotel, 1:04 Courthouse on left, 1:06 Hunter’s Hill, 1:48 crossing Johnston St, Wollundry Lagoon Bridge, 2:10 City Council precinct on left, Victory Memorial Gardens on right, starting Baylis St, 2:24 crossing Morrow St into “Newtown”, 3:20 crossing Tompson St, 4:31 crossing Forsyth St, 5:30 crossing Morgan St, 6:23 crossing Sturt Hwy (Edward St) into Station Place, 6:39 Wagga Wagga Railway Station, 8:06 turning east into Edward St, turning north into Fitzhardinge St, 8:33 new Leagues Club and Robertson Oval on right, 10:51 turning east into Morgan St, 11:27 Marketplace carpark entrance on left, 11:38 Oasis Swim Centre on right, 12:00 crossing Berry St, 12:11 Robertson Oval on right, 12:30 turning north into Tarcutta St, 12:55 turning west into Forsyth St at Small St, 13:19 crossing Berry St roundabout, 13:48 Marketplace on left, Sturt Mall on right, 14:32 crossing Baylis St at 14:49 crossing Peter St, 15:13 turning north into Best St, 15:33 turning east into Tompson St, 15:52 crossing Peter St, 16:05 crossing Baylis St, 16:40 turning north into Tarcutta St, 17:11 Civic Theatre on left, 17:45 turning west into Johnson St, 18:10 crossing Fitzmaurice St, 18:22 old Fire Station on left, 18:40 turning south into Ivan Jack Dr, across Wollundry Lagoon, 18:48 Victory Memorial Gardens on left, 18:59 turning east into Morrow St, 20:00 crossing Baylis St, 20:20 turning south into O’Reilly St, 20:50 turning east into Tompson St, 20:58 turning south into Berry St, 21:29 crossing Forsyth St, 21:55 turning west into Morgan St at the Oasis Swim Centre, 22:21 crossing Baylis St, 22:35 turning north into Peter St, 23:37 turning east into Tompson St, finishing at corner of Tompson and Baylis Streets.



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