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Townsend County, New South Wales
Townsend County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is in the south of New South Wales with the Murray River to the south. Deniliquin is located there. Townsend County was named in honour of the surveyor Thomas S Townsend who was an assistant surveyor to Thomas Livingstone Mitchell. Parishes within this county A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA LaGuardia Airport is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City. Covering , the facility was established in 1929 and began operating as a public airport in 1939. It is named after former New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia. ... and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows: References {{reflist Counties of New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of New South Wales , established_title2 = Establishment , established_date2 = 26 January 1788 , established_title3 = Responsible government , established_date3 = 6 June 1856 , established_title4 = Federation , established_date4 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Wales , demonym = , capital = Sydney , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center = 128 local government areas , admin_center_type = Administration , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Margaret Beazley , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Dominic Perrottet ( Liberal) , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_type1 = Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowna, New South Wales
Bowna is a locality in the South East part of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia. Geography Bowna is situated by road, about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) south west of Mullengandra and 18 kilometres (11.2 miles) east of Table Top. History The former village of Bowna was inundated by the Hume Reservoir but the locality and community outside the village still exist. Bowna Post Office opened on 1 May 1869 and closed in 1994. Sports & Recreation The Bowna Football Club was established in 1911 and they played some friendly against other local towns up until 1915. The club was re-established in 1920 after World War Two. Bowna were runner's up to St. Patrick's FC in the 1921 Albury B. Grade Football Association premiership. Bowna were once again runners up in the Albury B. Grade FA premiership in 1922, this time to the Lavington Football Club The Lavington Panthers Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club and was formed in 1918 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booroorban, New South Wales
Booroorban is a locality in the central part of the Riverina. It is in the Edward River Council local government area and on the Cobb Highway between Hay and Deniliquin, around south west of the state capital, Sydney. At the , Booroorban had a population of 33. The community sits alongside the Booroorban State Forest. Facilities include a pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...—the Royal Mail Hotel—and a public hall. History The site of Booroorban was on a stock-route supplying the Victorian market that developed in the 1850s, located on the Old Man Plain between the Murrumbidgee River and Billabong Creek. The locality, which became known as Pine Ridge, was where the track crossed Box Creek (about mid-way between modern-day Hay and Wanganella). Pine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray River Council
The Murray River Council is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed in 2016 from the merger of Murray Shire with Wakool Shire. The combined area comprises and covers the northern bank of the Murray River and hinterland from Moama downstream to Tooleybuc. At the time of its establishment, the estimated population of the area was . Main towns and villages The largest town in Murray River Council is Moama in the far south east. Other towns and localities in the area include Barham, Bunnaloo, Burraboi, Caldwell, Cunninyeuk, Koraleigh, Kyalite, Mathoura, Moulamein, Murray Downs, Speewa, Tantonan, Tooleybuc, Wakool and Womboota. Heritage listings The Murray River Council has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Barham, 319 Main Road: Barham Bridge over Murray River * Cunninyeuk, 94 Noorong Road (Main Road): Gee Gee Bridge over Wakool River * Moama, Hunt Street: Moama Historic Precinct * Swan Hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwood, New South Wales
The Parish of Blackwood is a remote civil parish of Poole County in far North West New South Wales, Geography The geography is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country. The nearest town is Tibooburra to the south east, which is on the Silver City Highway and lies south of the Sturt National Park. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert). ''(directFinal Revised Paper'' The County is barely inhabited with a population density of less than 1 person per 150 km² and the landscape is a flat arid scrubland. History Charles Sturt camped at nearby Preservation Creek (Mount Poole) for six months during 1845, and in 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed to the east East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ..., through what is now the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
