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Cooma
Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega, New South Wales, Bega with the Riverina. At the , Cooma had a population of . Cooma is the main town of the Monaro, New South Wales, Monaro region. It is above sea level. The name could have derived from an Indigenous Australian, Aboriginal word ''Coombah'', meaning 'big lake' or 'open country'. Cooma is south of the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, a main tributary of the Murray–Darling basin. Cooma sources its water from the river. History The area now known as Cooma lies on the traditional lands of the Ngarigo people. Cooma was explored by Captain J. M. Currie in 1823. It was first surveyed in 1840, and was gazetted in 1849. Cooma was proclaimed a municipality in 1879. The Main Southern railway line, New South Wales, railway from Sydney was Bombala railway line, extende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooma Railway Station
The Cooma railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Bombala railway line at Bradley Street, Cooma, New South Wales, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia. The original design of the station was attributed to John Whitton. The station complex was built from 1889 to 1950. The Cooma Monaro Railway is based at the station and runs a heritage railway museum in the restored station building, with plans to restore heritage passenger train operations. The station was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The third and final section of the Goulburn to Cooma Railway (later the Bombala line) opened to traffic on Thursday 30 May 1889. The Railway Commissioners arranged a special low-cost excursion mail train from Sydney, which departed 9pm on the 29th, arriving in Cooma at 11.45am the next day. The construction contract for the 40 mile line from Michelago to Cooma was awarded to Walker & Swan on 18 August 1885. The opening ceremony f ... [...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] |
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 Bombala, Nimmitabel and Cooma. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowy Mountains Highway
Snowy Mountains Highway is a state highway located in New South Wales, Australia. Its two sections connect the New South Wales South Coast to the Monaro region, and the Monaro to the South Western Slopes via the Snowy Mountains. The higher altitude regions of this road are subject to snow over the winter months, and the road also provides access to many parts of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The highway bears the B72 shield along its entire length. The highway originally bore the name Monaro Highway until 1955, when it received its current name. It originally ran from to Wagga Wagga but has been shortened to run from Princes Highway to Hume Highway instead. Reservoirs created as a result of dams built in the 1950s and 1960s as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme required the creation of major realignments to avoid submerged areas. Previous to New South Wales' conversion to alphanumeric route markers, it was signed as National Route 18. Route description The eastern start p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Flat, New South Wales
Rock Flat is a rural locality in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of Cooma, on either side of the Monaro Highway. The area now known as Rock Flat lies on the traditional lands of Ngarigo people. Near the Monaro Highway crossing of Rock Flat Creek, there is a mineral spring that comes to the surface, on the bank of the creek. The spring water issues from near the base of a small rocky mount composed of highly inclined beds of quartzite and the surface of the flat in the vicinity of the spring is tufaceous limestone that has been deposited there by the spring water. The flow rate of the spring is about 245-litres per hour. The spring water has a pleasant taste and is carbonated. The water contains carbonates of calcium, sodium, and magnesium. It is likely that this spring is the one referred to as Richard Bourke's Spring by the explorer Dr J. Lhotsky in 1834. Lhotsky had thought highly enough of the sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunyan, New South Wales
Bunyan is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the eastern side of the Murrumbidgee River and on both sides of the Monaro Highway about 110 km south of Canberra and about 10 km north of Cooma. At the , it had a population of 152. The area now known as Bunyan lies on the traditional lands of Ngarigo people. The name is said to be from an Aboriginal language word, ''Boonyan'', meaning "Place where pigeons stay". Lying on the direct route from Queanbeyan to the Monaro hinterland and with flats suited to grazing, it was a suitable site for colonial settlement. The first settler there was Dr Reid, in the early 1830s, and the area was known as Reid's Flats until 1858. There was an inn there from around 1832. The area was also known locally as 'Jews' Flats'. From the 1830s until at least the mid-1850s, there were businesses there run by Jewish families named Solomon, Moses and Shannon. The last hotel there, 'the Squatters' Arms' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowy Mountains Scheme
The Snowy Mountains Scheme, also known as the Snowy Hydro or the Snowy scheme, is a hydroelectricity and irrigation in Australia, irrigation complex in south-east Australia. Near the border of New South Wales and Victoria (Australia), Victoria, the scheme consists of sixteen major dams; nine power stations; two pumping stations; and of tunnels, pipelines and aqueducts that were constructed between 1949 and 1974. The Scheme was completed under the supervision of Chief Engineer, William Hudson (engineer), Sir William Hudson. It is the largest engineering project undertaken in Australia. The water of the Snowy River and some of its tributary, tributaries, much of which formerly flowed southeast onto the river flats of East Gippsland, and into Bass Strait of the Tasman Sea, is captured at high elevations and diverted inland to the Murray River, Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers irrigation areas. The Scheme includes two major tunnel systems constructed through the continental divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monaro, New South Wales
Monaro ( ), once frequently spelt "Manaro", or in early years of settlement "Maneroo" (an interpretation of an Aboriginal word for ''big plain'',) is a region in the south of New South Wales, Australia. A small area of Victoria near Snowy River National Park is geographically part of the Monaro. While the Australian Capital Territory is not considered part of the region, some towns in the Monaro have close links with Canberra. The Snowy Monaro Regional Council was established in 2016 which comprises the former Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River Local Government Areas. The area is the traditional lands of the Ngarigo people, who continue to survive despite the events of genocide in the 1800s. The Ngarigo share their northern border with the Ngunnawal people. It has snowfields, expansive timber forests and the Snowy River. Holden's 'Monaro' Coupe (and later sedan) models ( 1967–1977, 2001–2006, 1973–1974 (Sedan)) were named after the area (but pronounced 'monAHroh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dairymans Plains, New South Wales
Dairymans Plains is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia. It is located to the north of the Snowy Mountains Highway, to the immediate northwest of Cooma Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega, New South Wales, Bega with the Riverina. .... At the , it had a population of 183. It contains grazing country, a rural residential development, Cooma Golf Course and a large car wrecking yard. Dairymans Plains had a school from 1881 to 1933, described as a "provisional" school from 1881 to 1884 and 1891 to 1899, as a "public" school from 1884 to 1890 and from 1899 to 1913 and a "half-time" school after 1913. References Snowy Monaro Regional Council Localities in New South Wales {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Valley, New South Wales
Pine Valley is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia. It is located to the south of the Snowy Mountains Highway, to the immediate southwest of Cooma Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega, New South Wales, Bega with the Riverina. .... At the , it had a population of 32. References Snowy Monaro Regional Council Localities in New South Wales {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jindabyne, New South Wales
Jindabyne () is a town in south-east New South Wales, Australia that overlooks Lake Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains, in Snowy Monaro Regional Council. It is a popular holiday destination year round, especially in winter. This is due to its proximity to major ski resort developments within the Kosciuszko National Park, including Thredbo, New South Wales, Thredbo, Perisher Ski Resort, Perisher and Charlotte Pass, New South Wales, Charlotte Pass. Originally situated on land that is now under Lake Jindabyne, the township was transferred to its present location in the 1960s due to the construction of Jindabyne Dam, on the Snowy River, as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. At the , Jindabyne had a population of 2,629 people. The town's name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning "valley". Jindabyne is one of the highest settlements of its size in Australia, at 918 metres above sea level. Snowfalls regularly occur during winter. Jindabyne is connected to the surrounding area b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beresford County, New South Wales
Beresford County is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains Cooma and Bredbo. Part of the Murrumbidgee River forms the boundary in the north-west, and a separate part of the river forms part of the western boundary. Beresford County was named in honour of Viscount William Carr Beresford (1768–1854). Parishes within this county A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA LaGuardia Airport ( ) – colloquially known as LaGuardia or simply LGA – is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, situated on the northwestern shore of Long Island, bordering Flushing Bay. Covering , the facility wa ... and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows: References {{Counties of New South Wales Counties of New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
