6-590: Kywong is a rural place within the locality of Sandigo in the Riverina region of New South Wales , Australia . It is situated on the Sturt Highway , 520 kilometres south west of the state capital, Sydney and 64 kilometres west of Wagga Wagga . The Kywong Football Club competed in the Faithful & District Football Association in 1922 & 1923. They then went into recess from 1924 to 1931, then returned to play in
12-507: Is a locality situated on Sandy Creek in the central part of the Riverina . It is situated along the Sturt Highway , about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north west of Kywong and 21 kilometres (13 mi) south east of Narrandera . At the 2016 census , Sandigo had a population of 84 people. Sandigo is home to a hazelnut farming enterprise, led by the Agri Australis Pty Ltd company (owned by parent company Ferrero ). The land
18-528: The Australian Wheat Board (AWB), constructed silos at Kywong for the storage of grain prior to rail transport to markets. The Kywong Public School opened in 1940 and closed in 1985. In 2001, the owners of the Kywong silos, GrainCorp announced their closure. This Riverina geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sandigo, New South Wales Sandigo
24-457: The Faithful & District Football Association from 1920 to 1930, winning four premierships, in - 1921, 1922, 1928 and 1930. In 1929, Sandigo applied for admission to play in the Wagga based Second Grade Football Association, but was refused on the grounds that Sandigo could not fill their team with entirely junior players, but would require senior players to make up the team each week. After
30-713: The Faithful & DFA from 1932 to 1935. Kywong defeated Greenvale in the 1934 grand final played at Boree Creek , with over 200 people attending a premiership ball at the Sandigo Hall. The club folded after the 1935 season. Kywong was the terminus of the Kywong railway line , a branch line of the Main Southern railway line , opened in 1929 and closed in 1975. Shortly after, the Government Grain Elevators, later known as
36-497: Was purchased by Ferrero in 2011, seenvh dtszhgi jnogu&se as a suitable choice for hazelnut farming due to appropriate soil type and water availability. The biosecurity of the imported hazelnut plants (from Chile ) were cleared by 2012, and planting commenced in April 2014. The first harvest was in 2018. The Sandigo Football Club was formed in 1920, who wore the blue and gold colours and played in nine grand finals in their 11 years in
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