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Australian Electoral Commission
New South Wales
Named after William James Farrer (1845–1906), a noted wheat breeder and experimentalist.
Farrer covers some 18 Shires, approximately 96 844 sq km in southern NSW and shares boundaries with the New South Wales divisions of Riverina and Parkes in the north and Hume and Eden-Monaro in the east.
Farrer stretches along the Murray River from Mount Kosciuzko in the east to the South Australian border in the west. The largest city is Albury. Other major towns include Batlow, Deniliquin, Corowa, Finley and Tumut.
Large scale irrigation areas, such as around Deniliquin and Wentworth, produce dairy products, fat sheep and cattle, orchard and vine crops, apples and rice. Other major agricultural products include wool, timber, wheat and cereals. Many industries are based on the processing of agricultural products, such as the Australian Newsprint Mills at Albury and the largest rice mill in the southern hemisphere at Deniliquin. Other industries include the preparation of dairy goods, juices and wines, and Tumut contains a portion of the Snowy Mountain hydro-electric scheme.
1949
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| 3 October 1998 Election | 6 November 1999 Referendum | 10 November 2001 Election |
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Enrolment: 75 126 Informal Vote: 3.93% Turnout: 95.91% Seat Status: Safe National Two Party Preferred:
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Enrolment: 74 884 Informal Vote:
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Enrolment: 84 423 Informal Vote: 6.39% Turnout: 95.58% Seat Status: Marginal Liberal Two Party Preferred:
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