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Town in New South Wales, Australia
Speewa
is a rural locality in the
Riverina
District of
New South Wales
,
Australia
near the
Murray River
in
Murray River Council
local government area.
It is connected to the locality of
Speewa, Victoria
by the
Speewa Ferry
across the Murray. It is unusual in that it shares its name with a contiguous locality in Victoria; the post office having been based in Victoria from 1924 until 1964, before moving to New South Wales until it closed in 1973.
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Speewa Island
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Speewa Creek is an
anabranch
of the Murray River and at times of greater flow encloses most of the area of Speewa as Speewa Island. The upstream section of Speewa Creek is now usually dry with the island existing in name only. Speewa Island is adjacent to, and downstream from,
Beveridge Island in Victoria
.
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Speewa, New South Wales
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