# Toogong
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Toogong
| state = nsw
| image = Old post office and hotel, Toogong 4.jpg
| caption = The former hotel and post office at Toogong
| lga = [Cabonne Shire Council](/source/Cabonne_Shire_Council)
| postcode = 2864
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| coordinates = {{coord|33|33|0|S|148|59|0|E|display=inline,title}}
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| stategov = [Orange](/source/Electoral_district_of_Orange)
| fedgov = [Calare](/source/Division_of_Calare)
| dist1 = 300
| dir1 = W
| location1= Sydney
| dist2 = 50
| dir2 = W
| location2= [Orange](/source/Orange%2C_New_South_Wales)
| dist3 = 65
| dir3 = E
| location3= [Forbes](/source/Forbes%2C_New_South_Wales)
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'''Toogong''' is a town in the [Central West](/source/Central_West_(New_South_Wales)) region of [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia. The town is located in the [Cabonne Shire](/source/Cabonne_Shire_Council) [local government area](/source/Local_government_in_Australia), {{convert|300|km|mi|0}} west of the state capital, [Sydney](/source/Sydney). At the {{CensusAU|2006}}, Toogong had a population of 370.[{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC19085|name=Toogong (State Suburb)|accessdate=2012-07-18|quick=on}}] By 2016 this number had fallen to 79.[{{Cite web|url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC13901|title = 2016 Census QuickStats: Toogong}}]
Toogong is an aboriginal word meaning 'Dried up Lake.'
Toogong was the birthplace of [Hazelton Airlines](/source/Hazelton_Airlines), formed by [Jim](/source/Jim_Hazelton) and [Max Hazelton](/source/Max_Hazelton) in 1953, now [Rex Airlines](/source/Rex_Airlines).[[http://www.regionalexpress.com.au/AboutRex/OurCompany/hazelton.aspx Our Company - History - Hazelton] [Rex Airlines](/source/Rex_Airlines) accessed: 18 July 2012]
Built in 1872, St. Albans Anglican church in Toogong is the oldest still existing church in the [Canowindra](/source/Canowindra) district and [National Trust](/source/National_Trust_of_Australia) listed. The church was built with the financial support of the Irvine family who had emigrated to Australia from Northern Ireland and had built an inn and post office at Toogong in 1863. Apart from being a house of worship it was also used for schooling. The two remaining Irvine brothers of the original five also erected a war memorial in the church grounds in 1924 to honour the men from the district who saw active war service.[''Canowindra and district churches'', authors: Berna Wright, Gwen Wythes, Dorothy Balcomb, published: 1988, {{ISBN|0959897534}}]
A school was operated at Toogong from 1922 to 1967 in a dedicated school house, now disused but still preserved.[Memorial plaque at the Toogong school house, erected by the Canowindra & District Historical Society in 1980]
Toogong was once a stop for the [Cobb & Co](/source/Cobb_%26_Co) [stagecoach](/source/stagecoach) service from [Orange](/source/Orange%2C_New_South_Wales) to [Forbes](/source/Forbes%2C_New_South_Wales).