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{{Infobox Radio station |
{{Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = CKHJ|
| name = Leeton
| state = nsw
image = <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:ckhj_khjcountry_logo.jpg|250px]] -->|
| image = Nsw leeton.PNG
area = [[Fredericton, New Brunswick]]|
| caption = Location of Leeton
branding = KHJ|
| lga = [[Leeton Shire Council]]
slogan = |
| postcode =
airdate = [[August 19]], [[1977]] as CIHI|
| est =
frequency = 1260 [[kHz]] ([[AM radio|AM]])|
format = [[Country music]]|
| pop = 6,828<ref name="ABS"/>
| elevation=
erp = |
class = |
| maxtemp = 23.0
| mintemp = 10.3
owner = [[Astral Media]]|
| rainfall = 432.0
website = [http://www.khj.ca/ KHJ]|
| county = [[Cooper County, New South Wales|Cooper]]
callsign_meaning = |
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Murrumbidgee|Murrumbidgee]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Riverina|Riverina]]
| dist1 = 550
| location1= [[Sydney]]
| dist2 = 450
| location2= [[Melbourne]]
}}
}}
'''Leeton''' is a town and [[Local Government Areas in Australia|Local Government Area]] in the [[Riverina]] region of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. Leeton is situated approximately 550 km west of [[Sydney]] and 450 km north of [[Melbourne]] in the productive [[Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area]].<ref name="walkabout">{{cite web|title = Leeton |url = http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/NSWLeeton.shtml|publisher = Walkabout |accessdate = 2008-03-20}}</ref> Leeton is administered by [[Leeton Shire Council|Leeton Shire]]. Leeton's current urban population is 6,828<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2006 AUS
| id = UCL147200
| name = Leeton (Urban Centre/Locality)
| quick = on
| accessdate = 2008-07-30}}</ref> and as of 2001, Leeton ranked as the 19th fastest growing [[Local Government Areas in Australia|Local Government Area]] in [[New South Wales]]. Leeton is situated in one of the most productive farming regions in the state, with citrus, rice, grapes and wheat farms found throughout the Leeton Shire. Leeton is ''Australia's Rice Capital'' as it is home to the SunRice headquarters.<ref>{{cite web|title = Fine Food & Wine |url = http://www.visitriverina.com.au/index.cfm/page/222|publisher = Riverina Regional Tourism |accessdate = 2008-08-28}}</ref> Other industry includes the Berri Juices, Rockdale Beef and Murrumbidgee Irrigation.


Leeton is renowned as ''The Heart of SunRice Country''.<ref name="rmg">{{cite web|title = The Irrigator |url = http://www.riverinamediagroup.com.au/images/pdfDownloads/RMGMKp13.pdf |publisher = Riverina Media Group |work = Fairfax Media |accessdate = 2008-08-19}}</ref>
{{redirect|CKHJ-FM|the radio station that began as CKHJ-FM|CFXY-FM}}


Leeton holds a number of town landmarks, including the famous Roxy Theatre, War Memorial, Madonna Place, St Peter's Church, and the Historic Hydro Motor Inn which are located in the centre of town. Leeton's areas are also based around large towers that store the towns water that provide a striking feature for each section of town.
'''CKHJ''' is a [[Canadian]] [[radio station]] in [[Fredericton, New Brunswick]] broadcasting at 1260 [[kHz]] on the [[AM radio|AM dial]]. The station broadcasts a [[country music]] format under the "KHJ" branding. CKHJ is owned by [[Astral Media]].


Leeton is a purposely built and designed town by [[Walter Burley Griffin]] after the irrigation schemes were announced by the [[NSW Government]] in the early 1900's<ref name="walkabout"/><ref name="LeetonShire">{{cite web
CKHJ first signed on on [[August 19]], [[1977]] as CIHI. In June 2000 the station swapped frequencies with CIHI (now [[CFXY-FM|CFXY]]), with CIHI assuming the 105.3 frequency and CKHJ moving to 1260. There are two rebroadcasters on FM due to the AM station's weak signal to the south and east of the city: CKHJ-FM-1 on 95.1 in [[New Maryland, New Brunswick|New Maryland]], and CKHJ-FM-2 in 103.5 in [[Oromocto, New Brunswick|Oromocto]]. All three transmitters can be heard over most of Fredericton, effectively creating a simulcast.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/1992/DB92-249.HTM Decision CRTC 92-249]</ref>
|title = About the Shire
|url = http://www.leeton.nsw.gov.au/about.html
|publisher = Leeton Shire Council
|accessdate = 2008-03-20
}}</ref>The town has a unique circular road structure and streetscape. Leeton has distinct commercial, administrative, industrial, residential, educational, health, recreational and cultural areas and remains very organised today<ref name="LeetonShire"/>. The unique design of Leeton (and nearby [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]]) is still considered a practical method of planning even though Leeton was founded over 90 years ago.


Leeton is an attractive community, unique to other country towns in [[Australia]]. [[Leeton Shire Council]] prides itself on keeping the town neat and tidy. The town's appearance is comparable to that of coastal communities rather than one found in central [[New South Wales]]. Leeton's relatively recent history provides the town with a more modern appearance. It is the current title holder of New South Wales overall state winner tidiest town.
CKHJ, along with CIHI, was owned by Radio One Ltd. from its creation until 1999, when they were sold to [[Telemedia Communications]]. Telemedia then sold the stations to Astral Media in 2002.


== Education ==
The station's transmitter is on Royal Road, northwest of Fredericton.
[[Image:LeetonWarMemorial.JPG|thumb|250px|War memorial]]
[[Image:LeetonRoxyTheatre.JPG|thumb|250px|Roxy Community Theatre]]
<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[image:leetonhigh.jpg|thumb|250px|The old building of [[Leeton High School]], established in 1926]] -->
<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[image:McCaughey.gif|thumb|250px|The main building of [[Yanco Agricultural High School]], formerly Sir Samuel McCaughey's residence]] -->
Leeton is the second largest educational centre in the [[Riverina]] after [[Wagga Wagga]].

'''Leeton Shire has three secondary schools:'''
* [[Leeton High School]] <--- a borading school. Tayla goes there!
* [[St Francis De Sales Regional College]]
* [[Yanco Agricultural High School]]
'''Leeton Shire has seven primary schools:'''
* Leeton Public School
* Parkview Public School
* St Josephs Primary School
* Wamoon Public School
* Yanco Public School
* Murrami Public School
* Whitton Public School
'''Other education includes:'''
* [[TAFE]] [[New South Wales|NSW]] [[Riverina Institute]]
* [[Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture]]
* Gralee Support School
* Plymouth Brethren School
* Leeton Pre-School
* Leeton Day Care Centre
* [[ABC Learning|ABC]] Leeton Learning Centre
* ABC Leeton North Learning Centre

== Climate ==
<center>
{| class="wikitable" style="clear:both; margin-bottom:0; text-align:right; font-size:smaller;"
|+ align="bottom" style="padding:0 0;margin:0 0;"| ''Source'': Averages for LEETON CARAVAN PARK, 1913 - 2006, [http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_074062.shtml Bureau of Meteorology]
|-
! Month || Jan || Feb || Mar || Apr || May || Jun || Jul || Aug || Sep || Oct || Nov || Dec || Year
|-
{{Climate table row header|Temperatures&nbsp;(°C)}}
|-
{{Climate table row|Mean&nbsp;daily&nbsp;maximum|31.9 |31.2 |28.2 |22.9 |18.1 |14.7 |13.9 |15.8 |19.3 |23.0 |27.0 |30.2 |23.0}}
|-style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"
{{Climate table row|Highest&nbsp;recorded&nbsp;maximum|44.3<br>(3rd 1973)|43.9<br>(1st 1968)|38.3<br>(6th 1965)|32.4<br>(7th 1964)|27.2<br>(11th 1957)|28.3<br>(3rd 1957)|25.2<br>(29th 1975)|25.0<br>(29th 1969)|35.5<br>(17th 1972)|36.0<br>(31st 1961)|41.4<br>(23rd 1959)|42.2<br>(19th 1957)|}}
|-style="background-color:#CCCCFF;vertical-align:top;"
{{Climate table row|Lowest&nbsp;recorded&nbsp;maximum|19.4<br>(5th 1969)|18.9<br>(21st 1972)|16.5<br>(31st 1973)|14.4<br>(15th 1958)|9.4<br>(26th 1964)|8.9<br>(26th 1968)|7.2<br>(16th 1966)|6.7<br>(16th 1970)|7.8<br>(13th 1969)|12.3<br>(17th 1974)|14.1<br>(8th 1971)|16.1<br>(1st 1964)|}}
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
{{Climate table row|Mean&nbsp;daily&nbsp;minimum|17.2 |17.2 |14.6 |10.4 |7.0 |4.6 |3.7 |4.6 |6.6 |9.7 |12.7 |15.6 |10.3}}
|-style="background-color:#fed8d8;"
{{Climate table row|Highest&nbsp;recorded&nbsp;minimum|29.5<br>(25th 1973)|28.3<br>(26th 1968)|24.9<br>(6th 1965)|20.6<br>(6th 1963)|16.7<br>(15th 1963)|13.9<br>(5th 1958)|14.3<br>(31st 1975)|14.9<br>(7th 1973)|16.5<br>(12th 1973)|21.1<br>(29th 1958)|25.6<br>(24th 1959)|28.9<br>(1st 1962)|}}
|-style="background-color:#dcdcee;vertical-align:top;"
{{Climate table row|Lowest&nbsp;recorded&nbsp;minimum|8.4<br>(19th 1966)|7.8<br>(10th 1968)|3.9<br>(25th 1967)|1.7<br>(30th 1966)|−1.2<br>(27th 1969)|−3.9<br>(26th 1958)|−3.9<br>(1st 1971)|−3.2<br>(8th 1966)|−2.7<br>(6th 1966)|0.6<br>(2nd 1968)|4.0<br>(3rd 1966)|6.1<br>(6th 1968)|
}}
|-
{{Climate table row header|Precipitation&nbsp;(millimetres)}}
|-
{{Climate table row|Mean&nbsp;total&nbsp;rainfall|32.4|30.6|33.5|35.0|39.2|39.8|36.9|40.9|37.4|44.7|30.8|30.9|432.0 }}
|-style="background-color:#c5fcdc;"
{{Climate table row|Highest&nbsp;recorded&nbsp;total|153.6<br>(1984)|144.1<br>(1950)|176.0<br>(1989)|166.2<br>(1974)|143.6<br>(1978)|135.3<br>(1923)|95.6<br>(1936)|99.6<br>(1960)|109.0<br>(1978)|119.4<br>(1974)|148.5<br>(1971)|104.8<br>(1978)|822.2<br>(1956)|}}
|-style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFCCCC;"
{{Climate table row|Lowest&nbsp;recorded&nbsp;total| 0.0<br>(2004) | 0.0<br>(1991) | 0.0<br>(2005) | 0.0<br>(2005) | 0.0<br>(2005)| 1.4<br>(1984) | 1.0<br>(1982) | 2.0<br>(1977) | 2.4<br>(1946) | 0.0<br>(2002) | 0.0<br>(2002) | 0.0<br>(2000) |156.9<br>(1914)| }}
|-style="background-color:#8fcd99;"
{{Climate table row|Highest&nbsp;daily&nbsp;rainfall|64.3<br>(20th 1937)|87.0<br>(21st 2003)|66.8<br>(4th 1959)|64.5<br>(16th 1958)|63.4<br>(30th 1978)|63.5<br>(24th 1931)|44.4<br>(1st 1999)|51.6<br>(26th 1983)|41.2<br>(25th 1992)|52.3<br>(28th 1962)|60.7<br>(8th 1924)|60.4<br>(3rd 1980)|}}
|-
| colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" | '''Notes''': [[Temperature]]s are in degrees [[Celsius]]. [[Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]] is in [[millimetre]]s. Leeton Caravan Park Latitude: -34.57°S Longitude: 148.41°E Elevation: 140 m ASL (Closed: 01 Jan 2006)
|}
</center>

== Transport ==
Leeton is connected very well to the surrounding regional centres and capital cities. Leeton is approximately 450 km from [[Melbourne]] along the Newell Highway, Goulburn Valley Highway and Hume Highway and 550 km from [[Sydney]] along the Sturt and Hume Highways. There are daily flights leaving [[Narrandera Airport]], operated by [[Regional Express Airlines|Regional Express]] (REX). The airport is located near the shire boundary approximately 20 km from the CBD. There are coach services to [[Sydney]] and [[Adelaide]], leaving Leeton Coach Terminal in Gidgee Street daily. [[CountryLink]] also offers coach services to [[Wagga Wagga]] to link the [[Sydney]]&ndash;[[Melbourne]] [[XPT (Train)|XPT]] daily. The [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]] Xplorer train to and from [[Sydney]] arrives at [[Leeton Railway Station]] on weekends.

== Industry ==
Leeton is a very industrial town with many employment opportunities in the field. ''Ricegrowers Limited'' is by far Leeton's largest employer as its international headquarters are located in the town. Other large industry includes ''Berri Juices'' and ''Rockdale Beef'' which are both one of the largest producers in their respective fields of juice and meat products in [[Australia]]. ''Vetta Pasta'' (formerly known as ''Greens'') operated in the Leeton Shire for many years before relocating to [[Melbourne]] in March[[2006]]. Leeton was shocked at the prospect of 55 job losses but pleased when ''SunRice'' announced that they were advertising for 89 new jobs within their company due to the large size of the harvest in [[2006]]. Smaller industry includes ''Toorak Wines'', ''Lillipilly Wines'', ''CopRice'' (a subsidiary of ''Ricegrowers Limited''), ''Riverina Cheese'', ''Southern Central Engineering'', ''[[Pacific Fresh]]'', ''Murrumbidgee Irrigation'' and ''AJ Bush and Sons Abbatoir''. The extensive [[Vance Industrial Estate]] houses many smaller scale industrial companies.
Leeton is also home to a Call Centre for [[Country Energy]]. It is one of only four in Australia (others being located in the larger towns of [[Port Macquarie, New South Wales|Port Macquarie]], [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]] and [[Queanbeyan, New South Wales|Queanbeyan]])

== Commercial Scene ==
[[Image:LeetonMainStreet.JPG|thumb|250px|The main street of Leeton]]
<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[image:leetonroxytheatre.jpg|thumb|250px|The historic Roxy Theatre and War Memorial which are located in the centre of Leeton's CBD]] -->
Leeton's cosmopolitan heritage, coupled with its diversity of food production, gives rise to a variety and excellence in the towns eateries. The towns many restaurants, bistros and coffee shops offer great quality, service, variety and value.
Leeton's main shopping areas include Pine Avenue and Kurrajong Avenue which include the town's two shopping complexes, [[Leeton Market Plaza]] and the Woolworths Complex. The beautifully decorated and maintained streets offers a wide range of small and major retailers, both local and national. Some of these include: [[Go-Lo]], [[Best and Less]], [[Eagle Boys]], [[Woolworths Supermarkets|Woolworths]], [[Franklins]], [[The Reject Shop]], [[Red Rooster]], [[IGA (supermarkets)|IGA]] and [[Target (Australia)|Target]].

== Media ==
Leeton has its own newspaper known as [[The Irrigator]] (formerly known as '''The Murrumbidgee Irrigator''') which is released throughout the region on Tuesday and Friday.<ref name="rmg"/> Leeton also has influences on Star FM (99.7) and 2RG radio stations which are based in [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]]. [[WIN Television]] also broadcasts the local [[WIN News|news]] of the [[Riverina]] during week nights.

== Events ==
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* The Leeton [[SunRice]] Festival, which is held [[biennially]] for ten days at [[Easter]].
* Leeton Agricultural Show, which is held annually in October.

== Future for Leeton ==
[[Image:LeetonAnglicanChurch.JPG|thumb|250px|St Peter's Anglican Church]]
Leeton is continuing to grow so more needs to be done to provide for the growing population. Industry is continuing to grow with industrial areas expanded and existing industrial businesses undergoing extensions. These provide more jobs for the people of Leeton.
Leeton's housing development is continuing with various new housing estates being built on the town's boundaries. These housing estates include Karri Estate and Golf Links Estate. These have hundreds of new house blocks for people to purchase. These blocks are well equipped with all modern amenities. The shires first fully enclosed shopping centre [[Leeton Market Plaza]], was opened in October{{Fact|date=March 2008}}.

Leeton is very community based, and many new community projects occur. Recent projects include the establishment of sections of the new town bike track network, regional skate park, indoor recreation centre and the federation stage in Mountford Park.

==Notable people==
* [[John Faulkner]]
* [[Lorna Gill]] - [[Country Women's Association|CWA founder]] and [[lamington]] cook
* [[John Frederick Gorey]] - rowing champion
* [[Henry Lawson]] - poet
* Rod Maybon - rugby league
* [[Robert McLachlan]] - road bicycle racer
* Peter Peters - rugby league player/commentator
* [[Mark Taylor (cricketer)|Mark Taylor]] - cricketer
* Helen Wellings - consumer advocate


==References==
==References==
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{{Unreferenced|date=January 2007}}

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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.khj.ca/ KHJ]
*[http://www.leeton.nsw.gov.au/ Leeton Shire Council] - council website
*[http://www.astralmedia.com/en/radio/atlantique/default.idigit Astral Media's Atlantic site]
*[http://www.leetontourism.com.au Leeton Visitors Information Centre]
*[http://player.streamtheworld.com/player.php?callsign=CKHJ Flash Stream], [http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/pls/CKHJ.pls MP3 Stream]
*{{RecnetCanada|CKHJ}}


{{Riverina}}
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{{Astral Media}}


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Revision as of 06:21, 13 October 2008

Leeton
New South Wales
File:Nsw leeton.PNG
Location of Leeton
Population6,828[1]
Location
LGA(s)Leeton Shire Council
CountyCooper
State electorate(s)Murrumbidgee
Federal division(s)Riverina
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
23.0 °C
73 °F		 10.3 °C
51 °F		 432.0 mm
17 in

Leeton is a town and Local Government Area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Leeton is situated approximately 550 km west of Sydney and 450 km north of Melbourne in the productive Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.[2] Leeton is administered by Leeton Shire. Leeton's current urban population is 6,828[1] and as of 2001, Leeton ranked as the 19th fastest growing Local Government Area in New South Wales. Leeton is situated in one of the most productive farming regions in the state, with citrus, rice, grapes and wheat farms found throughout the Leeton Shire. Leeton is Australia's Rice Capital as it is home to the SunRice headquarters.[3] Other industry includes the Berri Juices, Rockdale Beef and Murrumbidgee Irrigation.

Leeton is renowned as The Heart of SunRice Country.[4]

Leeton holds a number of town landmarks, including the famous Roxy Theatre, War Memorial, Madonna Place, St Peter's Church, and the Historic Hydro Motor Inn which are located in the centre of town. Leeton's areas are also based around large towers that store the towns water that provide a striking feature for each section of town.

Leeton is a purposely built and designed town by Walter Burley Griffin after the irrigation schemes were announced by the NSW Government in the early 1900's[2][5]The town has a unique circular road structure and streetscape. Leeton has distinct commercial, administrative, industrial, residential, educational, health, recreational and cultural areas and remains very organised today[5]. The unique design of Leeton (and nearby Griffith) is still considered a practical method of planning even though Leeton was founded over 90 years ago.

Leeton is an attractive community, unique to other country towns in Australia. Leeton Shire Council prides itself on keeping the town neat and tidy. The town's appearance is comparable to that of coastal communities rather than one found in central New South Wales. Leeton's relatively recent history provides the town with a more modern appearance. It is the current title holder of New South Wales overall state winner tidiest town.

Education

War memorial
Roxy Community Theatre

Leeton is the second largest educational centre in the Riverina after Wagga Wagga.

Leeton Shire has three secondary schools:

Leeton Shire has seven primary schools:

  • Leeton Public School
  • Parkview Public School
  • St Josephs Primary School
  • Wamoon Public School
  • Yanco Public School
  • Murrami Public School
  • Whitton Public School

Other education includes:

Climate

Source: Averages for LEETON CARAVAN PARK, 1913 - 2006, Bureau of Meteorology
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Temperatures (°C)
Mean daily maximum 31.9 31.2 28.2 22.9 18.1 14.7 13.9 15.8 19.3 23.0 27.0 30.2 23.0
Highest recorded maximum 44.3
(3rd 1973) 		43.9
(1st 1968) 		38.3
(6th 1965) 		32.4
(7th 1964) 		27.2
(11th 1957) 		28.3
(3rd 1957) 		25.2
(29th 1975) 		25.0
(29th 1969) 		35.5
(17th 1972) 		36.0
(31st 1961) 		41.4
(23rd 1959) 		42.2
(19th 1957)
Lowest recorded maximum 19.4
(5th 1969) 		18.9
(21st 1972) 		16.5
(31st 1973) 		14.4
(15th 1958) 		9.4
(26th 1964) 		8.9
(26th 1968) 		7.2
(16th 1966) 		6.7
(16th 1970) 		7.8
(13th 1969) 		12.3
(17th 1974) 		14.1
(8th 1971) 		16.1
(1st 1964)
Mean daily minimum 17.2 17.2 14.6 10.4 7.0 4.6 3.7 4.6 6.6 9.7 12.7 15.6 10.3
Highest recorded minimum 29.5
(25th 1973) 		28.3
(26th 1968) 		24.9
(6th 1965) 		20.6
(6th 1963) 		16.7
(15th 1963) 		13.9
(5th 1958) 		14.3
(31st 1975) 		14.9
(7th 1973) 		16.5
(12th 1973) 		21.1
(29th 1958) 		25.6
(24th 1959) 		28.9
(1st 1962)
Lowest recorded minimum 8.4
(19th 1966) 		7.8
(10th 1968) 		3.9
(25th 1967) 		1.7
(30th 1966) 		−1.2
(27th 1969) 		−3.9
(26th 1958) 		−3.9
(1st 1971) 		−3.2
(8th 1966) 		−2.7
(6th 1966) 		0.6
(2nd 1968) 		4.0
(3rd 1966) 		6.1
(6th 1968)


Precipitation (millimetres)
Mean total rainfall 32.4 30.6 33.5 35.0 39.2 39.8 36.9 40.9 37.4 44.7 30.8 30.9 432.0
Highest recorded total 153.6
(1984) 		144.1
(1950) 		176.0
(1989) 		166.2
(1974) 		143.6
(1978) 		135.3
(1923) 		95.6
(1936) 		99.6
(1960) 		109.0
(1978) 		119.4
(1974) 		148.5
(1971) 		104.8
(1978) 		822.2
(1956)
Lowest recorded total 0.0
(2004) 		0.0
(1991) 		0.0
(2005) 		0.0
(2005) 		0.0
(2005) 		1.4
(1984) 		1.0
(1982) 		2.0
(1977) 		2.4
(1946) 		0.0
(2002) 		0.0
(2002) 		0.0
(2000) 		156.9
(1914)
Highest daily rainfall 64.3
(20th 1937) 		87.0
(21st 2003) 		66.8
(4th 1959) 		64.5
(16th 1958) 		63.4
(30th 1978) 		63.5
(24th 1931) 		44.4
(1st 1999) 		51.6
(26th 1983) 		41.2
(25th 1992) 		52.3
(28th 1962) 		60.7
(8th 1924) 		60.4
(3rd 1980)
Notes: Temperatures are in degrees Celsius. Precipitation is in millimetres. Leeton Caravan Park Latitude: -34.57°S Longitude: 148.41°E Elevation: 140 m ASL (Closed: 01 Jan 2006)

Transport

Leeton is connected very well to the surrounding regional centres and capital cities. Leeton is approximately 450 km from Melbourne along the Newell Highway, Goulburn Valley Highway and Hume Highway and 550 km from Sydney along the Sturt and Hume Highways. There are daily flights leaving Narrandera Airport, operated by Regional Express (REX). The airport is located near the shire boundary approximately 20 km from the CBD. There are coach services to Sydney and Adelaide, leaving Leeton Coach Terminal in Gidgee Street daily. CountryLink also offers coach services to Wagga Wagga to link the Sydney–Melbourne XPT daily. The Griffith Xplorer train to and from Sydney arrives at Leeton Railway Station on weekends.

Industry

Leeton is a very industrial town with many employment opportunities in the field. Ricegrowers Limited is by far Leeton's largest employer as its international headquarters are located in the town. Other large industry includes Berri Juices and Rockdale Beef which are both one of the largest producers in their respective fields of juice and meat products in Australia. Vetta Pasta (formerly known as Greens) operated in the Leeton Shire for many years before relocating to Melbourne in March2006. Leeton was shocked at the prospect of 55 job losses but pleased when SunRice announced that they were advertising for 89 new jobs within their company due to the large size of the harvest in 2006. Smaller industry includes Toorak Wines, Lillipilly Wines, CopRice (a subsidiary of Ricegrowers Limited), Riverina Cheese, Southern Central Engineering, Pacific Fresh, Murrumbidgee Irrigation and AJ Bush and Sons Abbatoir. The extensive Vance Industrial Estate houses many smaller scale industrial companies. Leeton is also home to a Call Centre for Country Energy. It is one of only four in Australia (others being located in the larger towns of Port Macquarie, Bathurst and Queanbeyan)

Commercial Scene

The main street of Leeton

Leeton's cosmopolitan heritage, coupled with its diversity of food production, gives rise to a variety and excellence in the towns eateries. The towns many restaurants, bistros and coffee shops offer great quality, service, variety and value. Leeton's main shopping areas include Pine Avenue and Kurrajong Avenue which include the town's two shopping complexes, Leeton Market Plaza and the Woolworths Complex. The beautifully decorated and maintained streets offers a wide range of small and major retailers, both local and national. Some of these include: Go-Lo, Best and Less, Eagle Boys, Woolworths, Franklins, The Reject Shop, Red Rooster, IGA and Target.

Media

Leeton has its own newspaper known as The Irrigator (formerly known as The Murrumbidgee Irrigator) which is released throughout the region on Tuesday and Friday.[4] Leeton also has influences on Star FM (99.7) and 2RG radio stations which are based in Griffith. WIN Television also broadcasts the local news of the Riverina during week nights.

Events

  • The Leeton SunRice Festival, which is held biennially for ten days at Easter.
  • Leeton Agricultural Show, which is held annually in October.

Future for Leeton

St Peter's Anglican Church

Leeton is continuing to grow so more needs to be done to provide for the growing population. Industry is continuing to grow with industrial areas expanded and existing industrial businesses undergoing extensions. These provide more jobs for the people of Leeton. Leeton's housing development is continuing with various new housing estates being built on the town's boundaries. These housing estates include Karri Estate and Golf Links Estate. These have hundreds of new house blocks for people to purchase. These blocks are well equipped with all modern amenities. The shires first fully enclosed shopping centre Leeton Market Plaza, was opened in October[citation needed].

Leeton is very community based, and many new community projects occur. Recent projects include the establishment of sections of the new town bike track network, regional skate park, indoor recreation centre and the federation stage in Mountford Park.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Leeton (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  2. ^ a b "Leeton". Walkabout. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  3. ^ "Fine Food & Wine". Riverina Regional Tourism. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  4. ^ a b "The Irrigator" (PDF). Fairfax Media. Riverina Media Group. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  5. ^ a b "About the Shire". Leeton Shire Council. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
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