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Situated on a sloping ridge above the Namoi and Mooki Rivers, Gunnedah is in the heart of the wheat belt and possesses the largest beef cattle selling centre in New South Wales. The wheat grain silos loom over the town, with wool, pigs, poultry, sheep, lucerne, barley, cotton, oilseeds and sorghum being other primary industries. Gunnedah sits upon one of New South Wales largest coal seams, which is currently being exploited by three mines. The town also has a major abattoir, a brickworks, livestock feed companies, a flour mill and saw mill.
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In Anzac Park is the Water Tower Museum where there is a collection of local memorabilia and photographs. A spiral staircase leads from the third floor to an observation deck from where there are fine views of the town. The complex, built in 1908 was Gunnedahs first reservoirs and was in operation until the 1950s.
The Rural Museum contains farm machinery, equipment, a gun collection, photography and other artefacts.
In Anzac Park there is a life-size bronze statue of poet Dorothea MacKellar 1885 1968. Dorothea MacKellar spent a great deal of time on a local property from 1905 the year she wrote her best-known work, 'My Country' until the late 1930s. Dawn' and 'Burning Off' are also considered to have connections with the Gunnedah area. A broadcast of the author reciting her own poetry can be heard by tuning your radio to FM88 within 100 metres of the statue.
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