Stockinbingal is a town in the
South West Slopes and
Riverina regions of
New South Wales,
Australia
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. The town is in the
Cootamundra–Gundagai Regional Council local government area and on the
Burley Griffin Way. At the , Stockinbingal had a population of 374.
[
Stockinbingal Post Office opened on 16 May 1891.]
Railways
It is the location of a railway junction connecting the Cootamundra
Cootamundra, nicknamed Coota, is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. It is within the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. At the 2016 Census, Cootamundra had a population of 6,782. ...
to Lake Cargelligo
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railway line (completed to Stockinbingal in 1893) to Parkes, which provides an alternative route from Sydney
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to Parkes to the route over the Blue Mountains, avoiding that route's steep grades and is now as a result the major route for freight between Sydney and Perth. The route from Cootamundra to Stockinbingal and Parkes is also part of a rail bypass of Sydney
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for traffic between Melbourne and Brisbane via Dubbo
Dubbo () is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021.
The city is located at the intersection of the Newell, Mitchell, and Gol ...
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Yeo Yeo
Stockinbingal is the closest town to the Yeo Yeo district, where the Bradman family had a farm and Don Bradman
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lived as a child. The shell of the old Yeo Yeo schoolhouse may be seen a few km from town on the road to Wallendbeen.
See also
* Stockinbingal–Parkes railway line
The Stockinbingal–Parkes railway line (also known as the 'Forbes line') is a railway line in New South Wales, Australia which connects Stockinbingal, New South Wales, Stockinbingal on the Main Southern railway line, New South Wales, Main South ...
* Stockinbingal railway station
Stockinbingal is a former passenger railway station on the Lake Cargelligo railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in 1893 and closed to passenger services in 1983.Banger, C. ''The Intercapital Daylight, 1956-1991'' Austra ...
Gallery
File:Commercial Hotel Stockinbingal.JPG, Commercial Hotel, Stockinbingal
File:Stockinbingal Bank of New South Wales.JPG, Former Bank of New South Wales
File:Stockinbingal Hotel.JPG, Former Stockinbingal Hotel
File:Schoolhouse Yeo Yeo.jpg, Old schoolhouse in Yeo Yeo district, now a farm outbuilding
References
External links
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Towns in New South Wales
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council