Gerogery (/dʒəˈrɒdʒəri/ jə-ROJ-ər-i) is a town established on Wiradjuri land in the Murray region of the Australian state of New South Wales.
The town is in the Greater Hume Shire local government area and on the Main South railway line between Sydney and Melbourne, where it intersects with the Olympic Highway.
It lies close to the Great Yambla Range, with its striking Tabletop and Sugar Loaf ridge at the southern end.
The arrival of European settlers meant that trees were extensively cleared and wheat planted, along with sheep and cattle grazed.
[2] The coming of the Sydney Great Southern Railway in 1880 made Gerogery the temporary terminus while building proceeded on to Albury.
In 1974 the area was included in the area to be developed as part of a proposed greater Albury-Wodonga region, proposed by the Whitlam government as part of its national decentralisation program, but these plans were dismantled by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's successor, Malcolm Fraser.
[citation needed] In 2001, there was a fatal accident at a level crossing on the railway line along Bells Road on the Olympic Highway.
[5] The Rural Fire Service reported sheds, crops, cars and four dwellings were destroyed; the tennis courts were burned down, part of the Olympic Highway was closed, and the Benambra Range was under threat.
The Greater Hume Shire Council provided $200,000 to help landowners replace approximately 300 kilometres (190 mi) of boundary fences and help in the removal of fallen tree debris.