Blighty, New South Wales

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Blighty

| state = nsw

| image = Blighty Pub.JPG

| caption = The pub at Blighty.

| lga = Edward River Council

| postcode =

| est =

| pop = 138

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

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| coordinates = {{coord|35|35|0|S|145|21|0|E|display=inline,title}}

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

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| county = Townsend

| stategov = Murray

| fedgov = Farrer

| dist1 = 693

| location1= Sydney

| dist2 = 168

| location2= Albury

| dist3 = 32

| location3= Deniliquin

| dist4 = 25

| location4= Finley[http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324192800/http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/Mapmaker.asp |date=24 March 2007 }}

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Blighty is a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town lies on the Riverina Highway between the towns of Finley and Deniliquin. It is located in the Edward River Council local government area. At the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Blighty and the surrounding area had a population of 396.{{Census 2011 AUS |id=SSC10250|name=Blighty (State Suburb) |access-date=31 March 2015 |quick=on}}

Blighty Post Office opened on 16 February 1926 and closed in 1932. It reopened in 1956 and closed again in 1991.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&filter=*Blighty* | access-date = 18 January 2021}}

Blighty consists of a hotel, a school and an Australian rules football ground. The town has a team competing in the Picola & District Football League.

The land around Blighty is mainly irrigated and used to produce rice and other grains. Blighty is also a major receival centre for the Ricegrowers Co-Operative Limited with a number of sheds capable of storing {{convert|28000|t|ST}} of grain.[http://www.conargo.nsw.gov.au/about.htm Conargo Shire Council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205072739/http://www.conargo.nsw.gov.au/about.htm |date=2007-02-05 }} – About us. Retrieved 10 January 2007.