Wanganella is a village community on the Billabong Creek in New South Wales, Australia. The settlement is on the Cobb Highway, located between Hay (to the north) and Deniliquin (to the south). Wanganella is within the Edward River Council local government area. At the , Wanganella had a population of 30.Based on the resident population of meshblocks 10231240000, 10231373000, and 11205702900 from 2074.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Mesh Block Counts, Australia, 2016
History Land was subdivided at Wanganella and in 1864 allotments were sold. A traveller passing through Wanganella in mid-1865 described the township as consisting "of two public houses, a blacksmith’s shop, and a shoemaker’s shop"; he also stated that "a neat bridge" had been erected over Billabong Creek.’A Tour in the Riverine District’ (letter to the editor), Sydney Morning Herald, 13 July 1865, p. 2. Another report from 1865 stated there were twenty-five persons living at Wanganella, which had two inns, two stores and two butchers' shops.'The Western Riverina: A History of Its Development' by James Jervis (Royal Australian Historical Society Journal and Proceedings Vol. XXXVIII 1952), p. 185 (citing Sydney Morning Herald, 4 November 1865).
Climate Rainfall records have been kept for Wanganella from 1862 until 2019, averaging . Temperature data are found between 1914 and 1927.Wanganella ("Zara" station) climate averages, Bureau of Meteorology.
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