23-671: Mid-Western Highway , sometimes Mid Western Highway , is a 518-kilometre (322 mi) state highway located in the central western and northern Riverina regions of New South Wales , Australia. The highway services rural communities and links the Great Western , Mitchell , Olympic , Newell , Cobb and Sturt highways. Mid-Western Highway forms part of the most direct route road link between Sydney and Adelaide , with its eastern terminus in Bathurst and western terminus in Hay . It
46-854: A commercial station that gets most of its programming from 2SM in Sydney. Other electronic media are represented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with both television and radio broadcasting; and by television stations Prime7 , Nine , and Southern Cross 10 . Two major newspapers are published in the region, the Central Western Daily newspaper is published in Orange and the Western Advocate in Bathurst. Numerous other local papers serve
69-693: A dozen small houses constitute the remainder of the township. Euston and Robinvale are home to a large Italian population from the southern province of Calabria in Italy . Euston has the Euston Sports and Recreation Club and the Euston Pub. The town used to field an Australian rules football team competing in the Millewa Football League ; however, they were forced to merge with Robinvale due to lack of players in part caused by
92-527: Is concurrently signed as routes A39 and B64. Mid-Western Highway recommences west of West Wyalong and continues further west through Weethalle , and then southwest to Rankins Springs and Goolgowi , before reaching its western terminus in Hay at the intersection with Cobb Highway . Following the upgrade of Hume Highway to a dual carriageway along the vast majority of its length in New South Wales, and
115-700: Is designated part of route A41 between Bathurst and Cowra , and route B64 between Cowra and Hay. During 2014 the Roads & Maritime Services in conjunction with the NSW Geographical Names Board commenced a consultation process to change the name of the highway to the Wiradjuri Highway, as the only state highway to lie fully within the Wiradjuri cultural area. Mid-Western Highway runs generally west-east, roughly aligned along
138-416: Is on the other side of the river in the state of Victoria . At the 2021 census , Euston had a population of 822 people. Until the irrigation development at Robinvale, Euston was the main town in the area. A post office opened on 1 May 1852. It closed in 1853, then reopened in 1856. Charles Sturt passed through the general country in 1830, and Charles Lockhart in 1862. In 1876 the settlement at Euston
161-613: The Central Tablelands , located in the eastern part of the region. The region known as the Orana , which includes the area surrounding Dubbo is typically classed as being a part of the Central West also. Major population and service centres in the Central West include Bathurst , Cowra , Lithgow , Mudgee , Orange , and Parkes . Bathurst and Orange are home to campuses of Charles Sturt University , and Lithgow housing
184-558: The Lachlan River in New South Wales, then stretching across the Hay Plain, generally towards the south-western corner of New South Wales. The highway is a single carriageway along its entire length, and shares a concurrency with Newell Highway between Marsden and West Wyalong . Mid-Western Highway commences at the intersection with the Great Western and Mitchell Highways in the city of Bathurst. Heading west by southwest,
207-462: The Lachlan River . The Central West is known for its attractions such as the Jenolan Caves , near Oberon and also wineries, as well as rural farmland and natural landscapes. The region includes major towns like, Bathurst , Orange , Mudgee , Lithgow , Parkes and Cowra . It has an area of 63,262 square kilometres (24,426 sq mi). The region also includes the sub-region known as
230-788: The Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (MRB, later Transport for NSW ). Mid-Western Highway was declared (as Main Road No. 6) on 8 August 1928, from the interchange with Great Western Highway and North-Western Highway (today Mitchell Highway ) in Bathurst, via Blayney, Cowra, Wyalong , Rankins Springs , Gunbar , Booligal , Oxley , Balranald , Euston , and Wentworth , to
253-548: The University of Notre Dame Regional Clinical School . The Central West includes the large regional centres of Bathurst and Orange ; the towns of Cowra , Mudgee , Lithgow and Parkes ; and smaller centres, such as Blayney , Canowindra , Condobolin , Eugowra , Forbes , Grenfell , Gulgong , Kandos , Lake Cargelligo , Millthorpe , Molong , Oberon , Peak Hill , Portland , Rylstone , and Wallerawang . The following local government areas are contained within
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#1732771755069276-511: The border with South Australia beyond Lake Victoria ; with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929 to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to State Highway 6 on 8 April 1929. The highway was rerouted between Gunbar and Balranald to pass through Hay on 24 September 1929. The Department of Main Roads , which had succeeded the MRB in
299-404: The conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, this was replaced with route A41 between Bathurst and Cowra, and route B64 between Cowra and Hay. Central West (New South Wales) The Central West is a region in central New South Wales , Australia . The region is situated west of Sydney , which stretches from Lithgow in the east and to as far west as Lake Cargelligo , on
322-599: The declaration of Sturt Highway as a national highway - despite Mid-Western Highway being the most direct route between Sydney and Adelaide - the route via the Hume and Sturt Highways through Wagga Wagga offers motorists a quicker route, despite being approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) longer. The only major river crossing is the Lachlan River at Cowra. The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924 through
345-571: The establishment of Robinvale rugby league club. Euston is a gateway to the Murray River and Sunraysia district, known for its fishing, including the Murray cod and other native species, now threatened by the European carp . Euston has a cold semi-arid climate ( Köppen BSk ), slightly cooler than Mildura due to its southern latitude. Although largely uniform, rainfall peaks somewhat in
368-591: The first European settlers on the Lachlan. They moved to the area in 1831. In the 1850s many gold prospectors passed through headed for gold fields at Lambing Flat ( Young ) and Grenfell . Euston, New South Wales Euston is a small town on the banks of the Murray River , in the Murray region of far south-western New South Wales , Australia in Balranald Shire . The twin town of Robinvale
391-546: The highway carries the A41 shield and passes through Blayney , Carcoar where the village is bypassed in 1975, and to Cowra where the highway crosses the Lachlan River, forms the northern terminus of Olympic Highway and provides access to Lachlan Valley Way . At Cowra the highway heads west, now designated route B64 to Grenfell , with a link to Henry Lawson Way as the highway heads further west to its junction with Newell Highway at Marsden. From Mardsen to West Wyalong, Newell Highway
414-475: The previous year, proclaimed the portion of the highway between Hay via Euston and Wentworth to the South Australian border to be part of Sturt Highway on 8 August 1933; the highway's western end was truncated at its own junction with Sturt Highway at Hay instead. This was further altered when State Highway 21 (later Cobb Highway ) was altered to run through Hay on 12 January 1944; Mid-Western Highway
437-997: The region: The Central West's east is higher, wetter and hillier and supports orchards, vineyards , vegetable-growing and pastoralism. The west is flatter and drier and supports grain crops and pastoralism. The Central West region is traversed by the Great Western Highway , the Mid-Western Highway , the Mitchell Highway , the Newell Highway and the Castlereagh Highway . The Central West has several radio stations, including 2BS 95.1FM, B-Rock FM, Life Radio AM 1629khz, 97.9 2LVR (a community radio station), 105.1 2GZFM , 105.9 Star FM , Radio 2LT , 107.9 Move FM , 95.5 ROK FM, 107.5 Community Radio, 103.5 Rhema FM and 1089AM —
460-657: The remaining large towns. The Central West area was originally inhabited by the Wiradjuri people. The first British explorer, George Wilson Evans, entered the Lachlan Valley in 1815. He named the area the Oxley Plains after his superior the surveyor-general, John Oxley. In 1817 he deemed the area unfit for settlement. A Military Depot was established not long after at Soldiers Flat near present-day Billimari. Arthur Ranken and James Sloan, from Bathurst, were amongst
483-469: The way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Mid-Western Highway today retains its declaration as Highway 6, from Hay via Goolgowi and Rankin Springs to the intersection with Newell Highway at West Wyalong, then from the intersection of Newell Highway at Marsden via Grenfell and Cowra to Bathurst. Mid-Western Highway was signed National Route 24 across its entire length in 1955. With
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#1732771755069506-441: Was described in the following terms: Euston is a crossing-place for sheep and cattle. There is a Custom-house officer here, though I should judge that his avocations were not of an extremely onerous nature, and the township also possesses a post and telegraph office. If the building can be taken as a type of the township, Euston has not a long life before it. The walls appear as if rent apart by an earthquake. The hotels and about
529-462: Was further truncated to the intersection with State Highway 21 in Hay as a result. Newell Highway was declared a National Highway in 1992, and was re-declared to form one continuous highway on 15 January 1993: as a consequence, Mid-Western Highway was re-declared to run from Hay to West Wyalong, and then from Marsden to Bathurst. The passing of the Roads Act of 1993 updated road classifications and
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