Albury, New South Wales

Albury (postcode: 2640, {{coor dm|36|03|S|146|54|E|region:AU-NSW}}) is a city in New South Wales, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. Its population is 42 438 (2001 Census). It is approximately 550 km from the state capital Sydney, but only 300 km from the Victorian capital Melbourne. It is separated by the Murray from its twin city in Victoria, Wodonga. Of all the twin towns on the Murray, it is the only one where the larger town is on the New South Wales side of the river.

Economy

Albury serves as an administrative centre for the agricultural communities around the area, and the city is the home of a large newsprint paper mill which processes the pine logs planted in the mountains to the east, an engineering plant which produces automatic transmissions for cars, and other smaller secondary industries.

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Albury serves as a regional media centre. A daily tabloid, The Border Mail, with its offices in Wodonga, covers the area. One of the local television stations, Prime Television, also produces a regional news bulletin. The ABC produces a local morning radio program through its local radio network, but the rest of their content consists of rebroadcasts from Melbourne, which is the source of most state-based media imported to Albury. There are also three commercial radio stations, as well a community station and a Reading for the Print Handicapped station.

Related Topics:
The Border Mail - ABC - Melbourne

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Albury is home to one of the three campuses of Charles Sturt University, as well as a branch of the Australian Taxation Office.

Related Topics:
Charles Sturt University - Australian Taxation Office

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