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This article is about the locality in New South Wales, Australia. For the town in Victoria, Australia, see
Mitta Mitta, Victoria
.
Town in New South Wales, Australia
Mitta Mitta
is a farming community in the north eastern part of the
Riverina
. It is situated by road, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of
Bethungra
and 21 kilometres (13 mi) north east of
Nangus
.
Mitta Mitta is locatable only by finding the old
St Stephen
's
Anglican Church
situated 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) along a corrugated dirt road that runs west from the Nangus to Bethungra road.
The name
Mitta Mitta
is derived from the local
Aboriginal
words "mida-modunga" meaning "where reeds grow".
[1]
Mitta Mitta Post Office opened on 1 January 1888, was reduced to a Telephone Office in 1931 and closed in 1936.
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