About Jerilderie
Jerilderie is a town in the southern Riverina region
of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest town
in the Murrumbidgee Council local government
area. At the 2011 census, Jerilderie had 1,070
people.
Jerilderie can be found along the Newell Highway
674 kilometres south-west of Sydney and 45
kilometres north of the Victorian state border.
Jerilderie is an irrigated farming centre, the area
around Jerilderie produces a quarter of all
tomatoes grown in Australia, as well as being a
prime Merino stud region. Additionally Jerilderie
has a diverse number of crops such as rice, wheat,
canola, mung and soybeans, onions, liquorice,
grapes and a number of cattle farms.