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3 unusual facts about Warrego


Warrego

HMAS Warrego, two ships of the Royal Australian Navy named after the river

the Electoral district of Warrego, an electoral district for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, which encompasses several towns on the Warrego River

the Warrego River, which flows from south-west Queensland through north-west New South Wales, until it merges with the Darling River


Electoral division of Barkly

Barkly is a rural electorate, covering 448,576 kmĀ² and taking in the towns of Tennant Creek, Borroloola, Ali Curung, Warrego, Tara Aboriginal Community and Alpururulam.

Jameson cell

Also in 1989, Peko Mines, then a division of North Broken Hill Peko Limited, engaged Professor Jameson to undertake test work in its Warrego concentrator near Tennant Creek in Australia's Northern Territory.

Randolph Bedford

In 1923 he was elected as Labor candidate to the Legislative Assembly for Warrego, a seat which he held until his resignation in 1937 to contest the Division of Maranoa in the Australian House of Representatives.

Warrego Highway

On 28 September 2011 the Queensland Main Roads Minister, Craig Wallace, announced that an 85 km stretch of the Warrego Highway will be renamed Darren Lockyer Way, in honour of the retired Brisbane Broncos, Queensland and Australian rugby league captain.


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