Tooma is a locality and village community in the

Snowy Valleys Council The Snowy Valleys Council is a local government area located in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of the Tumut Shire and Tumbarumba Shire councils. The council area ...

local government area, in the eastern part of the

Riverina The Riverina () is an agricultural list of regions in Australia, region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, a climate with significant seaso ...

region of New South Wales.

Location

Tooma is in the valley of the

Tooma River Tooma River, a perennial stream that has had some of its flow diverted as a result of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, is part of the Murray River, Murray catchment within the Murray–Darling basin and is located in the Australian Alps, Australian A ...

, not far from its

confluence In geography, a confluence (also ''conflux'') occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel (geography), channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main ...

with the

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray; Ngarrindjeri language, Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta language, Yorta Yorta: ''Dhungala'' or ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is List of rivers of Australia, Aust ...

. The village is adjacent to Tumbarumba Creek, a tributary of the Tooma River. It is about east of Welaregang and south of

Tumbarumba Tumbarumba ( ) is a town in New South Wales, Australia, about southwest of the state capital, Sydney. Tumbarumba is located in the South West Slopes (New South Wales), South West Slopes region at the western edge of the Snowy Mountains. The s ...

History

Tooma Post Office opened on 1 January 1873. A school opened in Tooma in February 1876 and closed in August 1980. The Tooma District was one of ten locations that were shortlisted for the site of Australia's national capital in 1900. It was one of the last to be eliminated. In the final series of parliamentary ballots in October 1908, Tooma was one of the eleven sites in contention, and it survived until the eighth of the nine ballots, after which only Dalgety and the eventual capital site ' Yass Canberra' remained in contention. The site for the city was identified as being at nearby Welaregang.

Climate

Climate data for Tooma are sourced at nearby

Khancoban Khancoban () is a small town in Snowy Valleys Council, New South Wales, Australia. The town is located from the state capital, Sydney and from the state border with Victoria, in the western foothills of the Snowy Mountains, near the upper reach ...

of approximately the same altitude. Summers are hot and dry, winters cool and rainy with occasional

snowfalls Snow consists of individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water througho ...

Gallery

Looking down upon Tooma.jpg, Looking down upon Tooma from the Welaregang Road. Tooma - Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succor.jpg, Tooma - Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succor.

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