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Bargo New South Wales
Bargo
Population:	3952[1] (2006)
Postcode:	2574
Location:	100 km (62 mi) South-West of Sydney CBD
LGA:	Wollondilly Shire
Region:	Macarthur
State/territory electorate(s):	Wollondilly
Federal Division(s):	Hume, Throsby
Localities around Bargo: Couridjah Tahmoor Bargo Pheasants Nest Yanderra Upper Nepean Catchment Area

Bargo is a small town of the Macarthur Region, New South Wales, Australia in the Wollondilly Shire. It is approximately 100 km south west ofSydney.

It is situated between the township of Tahmoor (north) and the village of Yanderra (south), and accessible via the Hume Highway that links Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. It was previously known as West Bargo and Cobargo.

Bargo is one of the largest towns in New South Wales without a sewerage system.

Contents [hide] 1 Facilities 2 History 3 Location 4 Attractions 5 Organisations 6 In popular culture 7 External links 8 References

[edit]Facilities

Bargo railway station was first opened on 19 July 1919 as West Bargo and then renamed in 1921 asBargo..^[2] The station is part of the Southern Highlands Line or Main South Line which under CityRailgoes to Sydney and under CountryLink and Melbourne. The original Bargo railway station building on the eastern side of the platform was destroyed by arson

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