Browse our fact sheets for information on a variety of Wagga Wagga attractions and features, including our proud sporting heritage, arts and cultural reputation, award-winning fresh food and wine, and strong educational community.

Nestled on the banks of the magnificent Murrumbidgee River in southern NSW, Wagga Wagga is a vibrant and cosmpolitan regional city.

With more than 60,000 residents and thriving business, sports and arts communities, Wagga Wagga offers the lifestyle and facilities to suit everyone. Read on to find out more about our great city.

You might expect to see edgy street art, experimental music and modern theatre in Sydney or Melbourne, but Wagga Wagga has become an arts oasis unique to country Australia.

With its two public art galleries, including the National Art Glass Gallery, two museums, three theatres, two outdoor amphitheatres and a world-class conservatorium of music, the Riverina city is fast developing a reputation as regional Australia's arts and culture capital.

Wagga Wagga is a regional centre of learning excellence that boasts a range of educational opportunities with services available for the youngest community members through to senior citizens.

The city has a large number of primary and high schools and a strong tertiary sector which includes University, TAFE and Community College options. There is also an important defence force training presence with the Army and Air Force bases forming part of the educational community.

The Wagga Wagga educational sector creates a number of flow-on benefits for the wider region including job creation, solid economic growth and a multicultural society from the influx of international students and Air Force and Army recruits.