Jerilderie, New South Wales

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, Jerilderie had 1,070 people.It can be found along the Newell Highway 674km south-west of Sydney and 45km north of the Victorian state border. Jerilderie's post code is 2716. This is also where Ned Kelly and his Gang robbed the 'Jerilderie Bank'.OverviewJerilderie 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.The town has two primary schools, Jerilderie Public School and Jerilderie Catholic School, an 18-hole golf course, three pubs, and a hospital which was the first in regional Australia to operate with solar power.This hospital has now been rebuilt as a multi purpose medical centre that incorporates an emergency room, aged care beds and a paliative care bed.