Back ليتون (أستراليا) Arabic ليتون (بلده فى ويليمبونج) ARZ Leeton (lungsod sa Ostralya, State of New South Wales, Leeton) CEB Leeton (New South Wales) German Leeton, New South Wales English Leeton (Novsudkimrio) Esperanto لیتن، نیو ساوت ولز Persian Leeton (Australie) French Leeton Polish Leeton (Nova Gales do Sul) Portuguese
| Leeton New South Wales | |||||||||
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 Leeton War Memorial | |||||||||
  Leeton | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°34′0″S 146°24′0″E / 34.56667°S 146.40000°E | ||||||||
| Population | 6,931 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||
| Established | 2 April 1913 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2705 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 138.3 m (454 ft) | ||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Leeton Shire | ||||||||
| County | Cooper | ||||||||
| Parish | Willimbong | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Murray | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Farrer | ||||||||
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Leeton is a town in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia. It is about 550 km West of Sydney and 450 km North of Melbourne in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area,[2] Leeton town population in 2016 was 6,931.[1] Leeton is in one of the most productive farming regions in the state, the town was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and purpose-built for the irrigation schemes announced by the New South Wales government in the early 1900s.[2][3][4] Citrus, rice, cotton, grapes, walnuts and wheat farms can all be found throughout the Leeton Shire. Leeton is called Australia's Rice Capital and as The Heart of SunRice Country, as it is home to the SunRice headquarters.[5][6] Other industry includes the Arnott’s Group (previously Freedom Foods),[7] the Daily Drinks Co., JBS Australia, Webster Limited (walnuts and cotton)[8] and Murrumbidgee Irrigation Limited.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Leeton". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Leeton, NSW". "Aussie Towns". Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ↑ "About the Shire". Leeton Shire Council. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ↑ "History". Leeton Shire Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ↑ "Fine Food & Wine". Riverina Regional Tourism. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ↑ "The Irrigator" (PDF). Fairfax Media. Riverina Media Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
- ↑ "Freedom Foods completes sale of Cereal and Snacks to The Arnott's Group, reports 3Q results". Convenience & Impulse Retailing Magazine. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ↑ "Webster Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
