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Wagga Wagga - New South Wales, Australia

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Location of Wagga Wagga,
New South Wales
© Geoscience Australia

The city of Wagga Wagga is located in the Riverina region of New South Wales on the Murrumbidgee River. These images were acquired from the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper sensor. True and false colour images for both a recent (2010), and an older (1988) scene are available below in high resolution JPEG format.

For acquisition of full resolution files see the Earth Observation Catalogue, or contact earth.observation@ga.gov.au

• Wagga Wagga false colour before and after
• 1988 Wagga Wagga true colour
• 2010 Wagga Wagga true colour
• 1988 Wagga Wagga false colour
• 2010 Wagga Wagga false colour

In this false colour swipe comparison, the extent of the urban areas of Wagga Wagga appear as shades of purple and white. Vegetation appears as light green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Water is displayed as dark blue to black. Most urban expansion has been to the south of the city, with much less occurring on the northern side of the Murrumbidgee River. New suburbs include Glenfield Park, Bourkeland, Tatton and Springvale. There is also noticeably development around the Wagga Wagga City Airport west of the central business district. Differences in vegetation colour between old and new images are due to changes in vegetation moisture content from inter-annual differences in rainfall.

	1988 Wagga Wagga true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 16 February 1988 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 754KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2010 Wagga Wagga true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 20 January 2010 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 772KB] © Geoscience Australia
	1988 Wagga Wagga false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 16 February 1988 25m Resolution In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Vegetation appears as light green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Water is displayed as dark blue to black. Download high resolution image [JPEG 697KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2010 Wagga Wagga false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 20 January 2010 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 729KB] © Geoscience Australia

Topic contact: earth.observation@ga.gov.au Last updated: October 27, 2011