Booligal, New South Wales — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Booligal, in the Hay Shire Council local government area.
| Locality | Booligal |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Hay Shire Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -33.73127 |
| Longitude | 144.66919 |
| Area | 4519.5 km² |
| Postcode | 2711 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 604 km west |
Booligal is a locality in the Hay Shire Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The locality covers an area of 4519.5 km². It lies approximately 604 km west of Sydney. Booligal is located at 33.7313°S, 144.6692°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2711. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Booligal rests in the embrace of the flat, ochre plains where the Lachlan River’s influence is felt, even when its waters recede. It lies 140.5 km west-north-west of Griffith, NSW (from Griffith, NSW: bearing 295°T), and is situated 74.4 km north-north-west of Hay. The landscape here is an expanse of pale earth and tenacious scrub, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of gum trees that seem to hold ancient secrets in their gnarled limbs. A pervasive stillness often settles over Booligal, broken only by the distant bleating of sheep or the low hum of a passing ute. The air, particularly as dusk bleeds across the sky, carries a dry, earthy scent, a perfume of sun-baked soil and resilient vegetation.
The story of Booligal is deeply entwined with the pastoral heritage of this region, its fortunes once tied to the wool industry that defined so much of life here. The land surrounding Booligal, vast and seemingly endless, was carved out of country that has sustained life for millennia. Today, while the echoes of sheep stations remain, the local economy is a quiet testament to adaptation, with grazing still a significant presence. The faint shimmer of heat rising from the earth on a summer afternoon seems to carry whispers of generations who have coaxed a living from this unforgiving, yet beautiful, terrain.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Booligal, New South Wales with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Booligal, in the Hay Shire Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Booligal includes the postcode (2711), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Hay Shire Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Remote Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Booligal is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |