Goodooga, New South Wales

Goodooga is a town in the Australian state of New South Wales in Brewarrina Shire on the eastern bank of the Bokhara River.

The Goodooga airstrip is 8.1 kilometres (5 mi) west-north-west of the town (29°4′22.5″S 147°23′16″E / 29.072917°S 147.38778°E / -29.072917; 147.38778).

The Yuwaalayaay language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Balonne, including the town of Dirranbandi as well as the border town of Goodooga extending to Walgett and the Narran Lakes in New South Wales.

[4] However it has been proposed that it derives from "guduu+ga", 'at the place of the Murray cod' [guduu], rather than "gudugaa", a species of yam.

The other sports played in town include netball, lawn bowls and basketball.

Magpie Park, Walgett Street (2021).