Welcome to the Brewarrina Shire

Welcome to the Shire of Brewarrina, a rural and remote community located in the outback region of New South Wales on the banks of the Barwon/Darling River.

The shire covers an area of 19,000 square kilometres, and includes the towns and villages of Brewarrina, Goodooga, Weilmoringle, Angledool and Gongolgon.

It borders the state line of Queensland and is surrounded by the local governments of Walgett, Warren, Bogan and Bourke.

Brewarrina is strongly grounded in its First Nations heritage, and is home to what is believed to be the oldest human construction on earth, the National Heritage listed Baiame’s Ngunnhu (Brewarrina Fish Traps). The traps were one of the great inter-tribal meeting places in Eastern Australia for many nations of Aboriginal peoples, including the Morawari, Barkinji, Weilwan, Kamilaroi, Koamu, Valarai, Baranbinja, Wiradjuri, Ngemba, and Yualwarri tribes.

Archaeologists estimate Baiame’s Ngunnhu to be over 40,000 years old, and they continue to have a strong social, cultural and spiritual association for Aboriginal people with connections to the area, who still use the traps today to fish traditionally.