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Bredbo
Bredbo is a village on the Monaro plains of New South Wales, Australia. The village is on the Monaro Highway north of Cooma. The village is in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council and had a population of 352 at the . History Located at the junction of the Bredbo and Murrumbidgee rivers, the Bredbo area was historically prone to flooding. As a way-point on the road from Sydney to the Snowy Mountains, travellers were frequently stranded by rising water. By 1839 the Bredbo Inn had been established to accommodate travelers. The Inn was a Cobb and Co stagecoach post, with stables located behind the Inn which are still standing today. The surrounding settlement was developed to support squatters' runs established in the district between 1848 and 1850. Bredbo was officially proclaimed a village in 1888. Gold was discovered in the area by the Reverend William Branwhite Clarke, who also discovered gold at Kiandra A field was proclaimed along the Bredbo River, which was worked until 1921 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bredbo Rail Bridge
The Bredbo River railway bridge is a heritage-listed former railway bridge carrying the Bombala railway line over the Bredbo River at Bredbo in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by John Whitton in his capacity as Engineer-in-Chief for Railways and built from 1881 to 1889. It is also known as the Bredbo Rail Bridge and the Bredbo River Railway Viaduct. The property is owned by RailCorp, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. On 1 December 2020, changes were made to exemptions relating to the bridge's heritage status. History The railway was extended from Queanbeyan to Cooma in 1887-89. At that time, the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, John Whitton, was under government pressure to reduce construction costs. One common method was to build timber bridges, mostly ballast top timber beam bridges. However, for two major waterways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bredbo River
Bredbo River, a perennial stream that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features The river rises on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range at Bald Hill and flows generally west, joined by seven tributaries including Strike-a-Light River, before reaching its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River about south–east of Bredbo Bredbo is a village on the Monaro plains of New South Wales, Australia. The village is on the Monaro Highway north of Cooma. The village is in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council and had a population of 352 at the . History Located at the junct ...; descending over its course. The river flows through the town of Bredbo; from where it draws its name, an Aboriginal word meaning joining of waters. See also * References Tributaries of the Murrumbidgee River Rivers of New South Wales {{NewSouthWales-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colinton, New South Wales
Colinton is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia. At the , it had a population of 127. There was once a village and railway station of the same name. Location It lies on the eastern side of the Murrumbidgee River and on both sides of the Monaro Highway about 73 km south of Canberra and about 44 km north of Cooma. The nearest settlements are Michelago, 21 km to the north, and Bredbo, 10 km to the south. History Aboriginal and early settler history The area later known as Colinton lies within the traditional lands of the Ngarigo people. In June 1823, an exploration party, composed of Captain Mark Currie, Major John Ovens, Joseph Wild and an unknown Aboriginal guide, followed a route to the east of the steep slopes of the Murrumbidgee River's gorge and were the first colonists to pass through the area. Although the area was just outside the southern boundary—Michelago Creek—of the Nineteen Counties, in which settlem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monaro Highway
Monaro Highway is a highway in Victoria, New South Wales, and the Australian Capital Territory, in Australia, linking in Victoria to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) via the Monaro region. From its southern terminus, it follows the nearby Cann River upstream towards the New South Wales border through heavily forested terrain. Within New South Wales (NSW), it makes its way through further forest before reaching the pastures typical of the Monaro. There are multiple towns and villages along the highway, including , , and . The terrain within the Monaro is largely hilly, and there are numerous crossings. The road also parallels the former Bombala railway line in several locations. Within the ACT, the road becomes a high volume roadway and serves the southern suburbs of Canberra. The highway has more recently had a grade-separated dual carriageway extension constructed within Canberra, as part of the Eastern Parkway construction project. It is designated part of r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannons Flat
Shannons Flat is a locality in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area, sandwiched between the southern border of the Namadgi National Park in the Australian Capital Territory and the Murrumbidgee River. Shannons Flat also adjoins the NSW localities of Yaouk, Bolaro, Murrumbucca, Bredbo and Billilingra. It is about south west of the state capital, Sydney, and from the Australian national capital of Canberra. It is just over north west of the regional centre, Cooma. At the , Shannons Flat had a population of 78. Geography Shannons Flat is in the Monaro region of the Snowy Mountains and is mostly between above sea-level, so usually receives several snowfalls every year. Significant geographic features include Mt Roberts ( with sweeping views across the Monaro), and Alum Creek and Jones Creek which both flow southward into the Murrumbidgee River. The geology of the area includes a rock cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowy Monaro Regional Council
The Snowy Monaro Regional Council is a local government area located in the Snowy Mountains and Monaro regions of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 through a merger of the Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River shires. The council comprises an area of and occupies the higher slopes of the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range between the Australian Capital Territory to the north and the state boundary with Victoria to the south. At the time of its establishment the council had an estimated population of . Its population at the was 20,218. The Mayor of the Snowy Monaro Regional Council is Narelle Davis. Towns and localities The following towns are located within Snowy Monaro Regional Council: The following localities are located within Snowy Monaro Regional Council: Heritage listings The Snowy Monaro Region has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Bombala, Goulburn-Bombala railway: Bombala railway station * Bombala, 91 Main R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murrumbidgee River
The Murrumbidgee River () is a major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia. It flows through the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, descending over , generally in a west-northwesterly direction from the foot of Peppercorn Hill in the Fiery Range of the Snowy Mountains towards its confluence with the Murray River near Boundary Bend. The word ''Murrumbidgee'' or ''Marrmabidya'' means "big water" in the Wiradjuri language, one of the local Australian Aboriginal languages. The river itself flows through several traditional Aboriginal Australian lands, home to various Aboriginal peoples. In the Australian Capital Territory, the river is bordered by a narrow strip of land on each side; these are managed as the Murrumbidgee River Corridor (MRC). This land includes many nature reserves, eight recreation reserves, a European heritage conservation zone and rural leases. Flow The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billilingra
Billilingra is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia. It lies on both sides of the Murrumbidgee River and on both sides of the Monaro Highway about 91 km south of Canberra and about 26 km north of Cooma. At the , it had a population of 13. Billilingra railway station opened on 18 October 1894, after the extension of the Bombala railway line The Bombala railway line is a branch railway line in the south of New South Wales, Australia. The northern part of it forms part of the main line from Sydney to Canberra, but the southern part is closed. It branches off the Main South line at Jo ... through the site on 31 May 1889, and closed in May 1941. References Snowy Monaro Regional Council Localities in New South Wales Bombala railway line {{SouthernTablelands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombala Railway Line
The Bombala railway line is a branch railway line in the south of New South Wales, Australia. The northern part of it forms part of the main line from Sydney to Canberra, but the southern part is closed. It branches off the Main South line at Joppa Junction, south of Goulburn. The line is used by NSW TrainLink Xplorer services running between Sydney Central and Canberra station. History The line was opened in stages to Tarago (January 1884), Bungendore (March 1885), Queanbeyan (September 1887), Michelago (December 1887), Cooma (May 1889), Nimmitabel (April 1912) and Bombala (November 1921). Queanbeyan The section of the line, between Bungendore and Queanbeyan, was the most challenging to construct, with three tunnels, a major sideling embankment along the Molonglo River gorge (also known as 'Pine Valley'), and two major bridges, across the Molonglo and Queanbeyan Rivers. The construction contract for the line from Bungendore to Michelago was awarded to Johnstone and Co. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Monaro
Monaro, also known as Maneroo (1856–1858), Monara (1858–1879) and Manaro (1894–1904) is an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Nichole Overall of the National Party of Australia – NSW, National Party. Monaro is a regional district in the south of the state. It encompasses the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council and Snowy Monaro Regional Council. Its significant population centres include Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Queanbeyan, Bungendore, New South Wales, Bungendore, Braidwood, New South Wales, Braidwood, Cooma, New South Wales, Cooma, Bombala, New South Wales, Bombala, Captains Flat, New South Wales, Captains Flat, Nimmitabel, New South Wales, Nimmitabel, Delegate, New South Wales, Delegate, Bredbo, New South Wales, Bredbo, Michelago, New South Wales, Michelago, Berridale, New South Wales, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie McKeahnie
Charles Lachlan "Charlie Mac" McKeahnie (29 April 1868 – 3 August 1895) was an Australian horseman born in Gudgenby, ACT to Alexander and Mary McKeahnie into a family of five sisters. He is believed by some historians to be the inspiration for the poem 'The Man from Snowy River' by Banjo Paterson. McKeahnie was reputed to have been a fearless rider and stockman. He was known to have chased a well-bred horse through the very rugged country between Yaouk and the headwaters of the Snowy River north west of Adaminaby at the age of 17. This chase was documented in a poem by poet and friend of the McKeahnie family, Barcroft Boake called "On the Range" in which the horse being chased died when it ran into a granite outcrop. According to a letter by one of McKeahnie's sisters Lem McKeahnie, Banjo Paterson learnt of the tale in Sydney while in the presence of a friend of McKeahnie's, Mrs Jim Hassall. At the time Paterson wrote the poem, the Eucumbene River had been known as the Snowy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerangle
Jerangle is a locality in New South Wales, Australia. The locality is in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area, south of the state capital, Sydney and south east of the national capital, Canberra. At the , Jerangle had a population of 96. Jerangle has a cemetery, two churches, a school, a Country Women's Association The Country Women's Association (CWA) is the largest regional and rural advocacy group in Australia. It comprises seven independent State and Territory Associations, who are passionate advocates for country women and their families, working ... hall and phone box. The main location is the school; Jerangle Public School. This school has had small numbers of students that range from 6–20. The school was established as a "house to house" school in 1884, but has operated at a permanent location since 1892, although generally as a "half-time" school until 1923. References Towns in New South Wales {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
