The name Grong Grong is an Aboriginal term meaning "bad camping ground" or "very bad camping ground".[2][3]
Bypass
Grong Grong was bypassed in February 2018, to straighten the Newell Highway or A39 by about 2 kilometres and also to eliminate a notorious 25 km/h bend that had caused many accidents, especially trucks overturning.[4]
Demography
Like many rural localities in the area, the population has progressively declined over a number of years, evidenced as follows:
Selected historical census data for Grong Grong state suburb
The Grong Grong post office was opened on 1 November 1881.[7]
The town has a railway station on the Hay branch off the Main Southern Line. However, the line has closed so with it has the station. Only part of the line is used by a weekly passenger train to Griffith which does not stop at the station. Grong Grong can be accessed by coaches that stop at the town on the way to Hay and Mildura.
Berembed Weir is located 20 km south of the town.[8] The weir diverts water from the Murrumbidgee River into the main canal which flows onto the Murrimbidgee Irrigation Area to serve irrigation farmers in the Leeton and Griffith area. The weir and nearby reserve is popular among local anglers, as well as the various riverside locations situated just 5 km to Grong Grong's south.
