Coordinates: 36°36′00″S 149°59′00″E / 36.60000°S 149.98333°E / -36.60000; 149.98333

Wapengo, New South Wales

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Wapengo
New South Wales
Coastal scenery, Ness property
Wapengo is located in New South Wales
Wapengo
Wapengo
Coordinates36°36′00″S 149°59′00″E / 36.60000°S 149.98333°E / -36.60000; 149.98333
Population69 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2550
Location17 km (11 mi) NE of Bega
LGA(s)Bega Valley Shire
State electorate(s)Bega
Federal division(s)Eden-Monaro

Wapengo is a locality in the Bega Valley Shire of New South Wales, Australia.[2] At the 2016 census, Wapengo had a population of 69.[1]

It adjoins Wapengo Lake, which has been home to oyster farming operations since the 1890s.[3]

Wapengo Public School operated from 1881 to 1925. It was half-time with Cuttagee from October 1893 to January 1895 and with Murrah from January 1905 to September 1907.[4]

Wapengo Post Office opened on 1 July 1919 and closed on 23 July 1971.[5]

Historian Manning Clark and his linguist wife Dymphna Clark lived on a property at Wapengo, "Ness" for many years.[6] A portrait of Manning Clark at Wapengo is on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.[7]

Heritage listings

Wapengo has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wapengo, New South Wales.
  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wapengo (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 June 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Extract". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Producer to plate: Wapengo Rocks Wild Organic Oysters". Canberra Times. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ^ "School history database search". NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Wapengo". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Ness Property". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00519. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  7. ^ "Portrait of Manning Clark at Wapengo NSW, 1972 by Arthur Boyd". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
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