LEETON
Leeton is a young and very prosperous
town just some 20k from Narrandera. But Leeton is a town that is not
on a major highway, but nonetheless is a town that has it all. This is
a town where heritage management is clearly at work.
  
The town has won numerous tidy town
awards.
Leeton holds a number of town landmarks, including the
Roxy Theatre ,
War Memorial, Madonna Place, St Peter's Church, and the historic Hydro
Motor Inn
which are located in the centre of town. Leeton's areas are also based
around large towers that store the town's water and provide a striking
feature of each section of town.
During 1914 and 1915 an
abattoirs and canning factory were established in the town.
In August 1913 Walter
Burley Griffin visited the town to complete its design.
In 1919 the Hydro Hotel was
constructed for Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission
executives to stay whilst in Leeton but was not licensed to sell
alcohol until 1924 when the alcohol prohibition in the Murrumbidgee
Irrigation Area was lifted.
There are three pubs in the
cbd a hotel at Yanco the 5k distant village. All classic and ‘old’
hotels.   
The Catholic Church in
Leeton is a great design and offer.
 
The churches are a mix of
the century old
and the modern Anglican. 
The Leeton War Memorial is
located in the cbd. 
The Museum is at the nearby
village of Yanco.
Leeton is a really nice
place and stopover is recommended.
Heritage diary
 |