Rowena is a small town in the far north-west of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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, and lies in the Walgett Shire. It serves an agricultural community which consists of both dry and irrigated cropping as well as grazing. At the 2006 census

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, Rowena had a population of 201 people.

A public school, which opened in 1923 and was rebuilt in 1996, serves the district. The Pokataroo railway line

Pokataroo railway line, New South Wales

The Pokataroo railway line is a railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It branches from the Walgett line at Burren Junction, and opened in 1906. The line is closed beyond Merrywinebone. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1974. The line is primarily used for grain haulage with large grain...

passes through the town.

The school has about 30 children (2009) and the town has a pub, an general store and a post office as well as an oval and a swimming pool.