Wapengo, New South Wales
Wapengo is a locality in the Bega Valley Shire of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2016 census, Wapengo had a population of 69.
It adjoins Wapengo Lake, which has been home to oyster farming operations since the 1890s.
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.
Wapengo Post Office opened on 1 July 1919 and closed on 23 July 1971.
Historian Manning Clark and his linguist wife Dymphna Clark lived on a property at Wapengo, "Ness" for many years. A portrait of Manning Clark at Wapengo is on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
Heritage listings
Wapengo has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Reserve Road: Ness
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wapengo, New South Wales.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wapengo (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Extract". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Producer to plate: Wapengo Rocks Wild Organic Oysters". Canberra Times. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "School history database search". NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Wapengo". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Portrait of Manning Clark at Wapengo NSW, 1972 by Arthur Boyd". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
