Just for fun, here are a few facts about the town of Balranald.

• Balranald was named by Commissioner George James MacDonald, a Scotsman born at Balranald on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, who chose the name of his birthplace for the new settlement in 1849 Crown Lands.
• There are twenty frog sculptures around town including a pole dancing frog and a frog waiting for a bus Nsw. Two lumberjack frog sculptures can be found sawing a large log at the end of River Street on the edge of the river Discoverbalranald. The sculptures celebrate the endangered Southern Bell Frog, also known as the Growling Grass Frog, which inhabits the local wetlands. A children's climbing frame in the shape of a Southern Bell Frog called "Swampy" is located in the main street in front of the Senior Citizens Centre Nsw.
• The Burke and Wills expedition crossed the Murrumbidgee River at Balranald on their journey to cross Australia from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria, with the camels and two wagons crossing on the Mayall Street punt on Saturday, 15 September 1860 Crown Lands.
• Their twentieth camp since leaving Melbourne, was set up on the outskirts of town.
• In August 1858, a correspondent described Balranald as "this obscure and miserable township, situated on the Lower Murrumbidgee" and noted it was attracting attention "as being one of those rowdy places for which the Australian bush in the interior has become so famous" Crown Lands.
• There is a long established local pattern of building relocation in Balranald, with local examples including the Wintong homestead and Norwood at Kyalite Nsw. According to local oral history, at Clare the sheep station owner was having difficulty getting his contract shearers to work because the local pub was nearby Nsw, presumably leading to a building being moved.
• Despite Being in NSW Although part of New South Wales, Balranald receives Victorian television stations, with a range of Sydney and Melbourne newspapers available Crown Lands. The town is closer to Victoria than to much of NSW and was even served by Victorian railways.

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