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Wombat, New South Wales
Wombat is a town in South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the Olympic Highway, south-west of the regional centre of Young. It is in the local government area of Hilltops Council. History The area was occupied by the indigenous Wiradjuri people for thousands of years. * 1860 – Gold discovered at nearby Young. 20,000 miners converge on surrounding areas. Wombat Post Office opened on 16 July 1862. * 1865 – The village of Wombat was established. Many Chinese miners moved to the area taking plots of land. * 1867 – Wombat Public School was founded in a bark hut * 1873 – foundation stone of St Matthew's Church of England laid * 1875 – Roman Catholic Church built * 1877 – Wombat Hotel began trading * 1880 – Carlo Lazzarini, (1880–1952), NSW politician and trade unionist was born in Wombat * 1895 – Mechanics Institute opened * 1903 – Wombat Hotel's current building constructed * 1910 – Roman Catholic convent opened * 1921 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Cootamundra
Cootamundra 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. Cootamundra is a regional electorate encompassing the local government areas of Bland Shire, Narrandera Shire, Coolamon Shire, Temora Shire, Junee Shire, Weddin Shire, Cowra Shire, part of Hilltops Council and Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. History Cootamundra first existed as an electorate from 1904 to 1941 and elected one member between 1904 and 1920 and between 1927 and 1941. It was created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90. It consisted of part of Electoral district of Murrumbidgee, The Murrumbidgee, and parts of the abolished seats of Electoral district of Gundagai, Gundagai, Electoral district of Wagga Wagga, Wagg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Witness
''The Young Witness'' is a newspaper published in Young, New South Wales, Australia. It has previously been published under the names ''Daily Witness'' and ''South West News Pictorial''. History The ''Young Witness'' was first published in 1909. It has since undergone several name changes as well as absorbed several other newspapers from the Young region. It acquired the assets of the defunct ''Burrangong Argus'' in 1913. In 1923 the title changed to ''Daily Witness'' but reverted to ''Young Witness'' in 1931. In 1947, the newspaper absorbed ''The Young Chronicle''. The title was changed to ''South West News Pictorial'' in 1961 and this name remained until 1993 when it was merged with ''The Young Times''. At this point the name reverted again to ''The Young Witness'' and it is still published under that name. The former editor is Craig Thomson. Rebecca Hewson is the ''Witness'' journalist. Digitisation The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wombat
Wombats are short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupials of the family Vombatidae that are native to Australia. Living species are about in length with small, stubby tails and weigh between . They are adaptable and habitat tolerant, and are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of southern and eastern Australia, including Tasmania, as well as an isolated patch of about in Epping Forest National Park in central Queensland. Etymology The name "wombat" comes from the now nearly extinct Dharug language spoken by the aboriginal Dharug people, who originally inhabited the Sydney area. It was first recorded in January 1798, when John Price and James Wilson, Europeans who had adopted aboriginal ways, visited the area of what is now Bargo, New South Wales. Price wrote: "We saw several sorts of dung of different animals, one of which Wilson called a 'Whom-batt', which is an animal about high, with short legs and a thick body with a large head, round ears, and very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelargonium
''Pelargonium'' () is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 280 species of perennial plant, perennials, succulent plant, succulents, and shrubs, common name, commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills. ''Geranium'' is also the botanical name and common name of a separate genus of related plants, also known as cranesbills. Both genera belong to the family Geraniaceae, and Carl Linnaeus originally included all the species in one genus, ''Geranium''; they were later separated into two genera by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1789. While ''Geranium'' species are mostly temperate climate, temperate herbaceous plants, dying down in winter, ''Pelargonium'' species are evergreen perennials native plant, indigenous to warm temperate and tropical regions of the world, with many species in southern Africa. They are drought and heat tolerant but can tolerate only minor frosts. Some species are extremely popular garden plants, grown as houseplants and bedding ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Chronicle
''The Young Witness'' is a newspaper published in Young, New South Wales, Australia. It has previously been published under the names ''Daily Witness'' and ''South West News Pictorial''. History The ''Young Witness'' was first published in 1909. It has since undergone several name changes as well as absorbed several other newspapers from the Young region. It acquired the assets of the defunct '' Burrangong Argus'' in 1913. In 1923 the title changed to ''Daily Witness'' but reverted to ''Young Witness'' in 1931. In 1947, the newspaper absorbed '' The Young Chronicle''. The title was changed to ''South West News Pictorial'' in 1961 and this name remained until 1993 when it was merged with '' The Young Times''. At this point the name reverted again to ''The Young Witness'' and it is still published under that name. The former editor is Craig Thomson. Rebecca Hewson is the ''Witness'' journalist. Digitisation The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and claims to be the most widely read masthead in the country. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The newspaper is published in Compact (newspaper), compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, ''The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an Website, online site and Mobile app, app, seven days a week. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Lazzarini
Carlo Camillo Lazzarini (; 24 April 1880 – 26 November 1952), also known as Charlie Lazzarini, was an Australian politician affiliated with the Labor Party. He was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, where he served for 35 years. Early years The son of Italian immigrant Piedro (Peter) Lazzarini and his wife Hannah (Annie) Stubbs, Lazzarini was born at Wombat, near Young, New South Wales. He was educated at the Young convent school and Young Superior Public School, before becoming a tailor's apprentice. Lazzarini became active in the union movement and the Labor Party, joining the Young Labor League in 1899. He became secretary and president of the league and was campaign secretary for Chris Watson in the 1898 New South Wales election and the first federal election in 1901. He was also strongly involved in the predominantly Irish Catholic community, acting as district secretary of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society and attendin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burrangong Argus
The Burrangong Argus was an Australian newspaper based in Young, New South Wales, published twice-weekly from 1865 to 1913. It was, at the time of its closure, the oldest newspaper in Young. It sold at 6d per copy, then 3d per copy and finally 1d per copy, as it attempted to compete with later rivals the '' Young Chronicle'' and '' Young Witness''. It was first published on 22 October 1864 by John Bird Stormer. James George Clevier was editor for the first three months, after which Stormer assumed the role himself. It replaced an earlier newspaper, ''The Star'', which had folded some time beforehand. Stormer would reportedly deliver the newspaper himself around the mining diggings, which had only been renamed from Lambing Flat to Young the year before after the fallout of the infamous Lambing Flat riots. At the end of 1869, Stormer sold the newspaper to one of his contributors, Benjamin John Bennett, and moved to Gulgong, where he founded the ''Gulgong Argus''. There was fierce co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiradjuri
The Wiradjuri people (; ) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. They survived as skilled hunter-fisher-gatherers, in family groups or clans, and many still use knowledge of hunting and gathering techniques as part of their customary life. In the 21st century, major Wiradjuri groups live in Condobolin, Peak Hill, Narrandera and Griffith. There are significant populations at Wagga Wagga and Leeton and smaller groups at West Wyalong, Parkes, Dubbo, Forbes, Cootamundra, Darlington Point, Cowra and Young. Name The Wiradjuri autonym is derived from , meaning "no" or "not", with the comitative suffix or meaning "having". That the Wiradjuri said , as opposed to some other word for "no", was seen as a distinctive feature of their speech, and several other tribes in New South Wales, to the west of the Great Dividing Range, are similarly named after their own words for "no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Riverina
The Division of Riverina () is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the states and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales. It is located in southwest New South Wales and includes the city of Wagga Wagga. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. The division is located in southwest New South Wales, generally in the Murrumbidgee River valley. Part of its eastern border from the border with the Australian Capital Territory. It includes the local government areas of City of Wagga Wagga, Wagga Wagga, Lockhart Shire, Snowy Valleys Council, Snowy Valleys, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilltops Council
Hilltops Council is a local government area in the South Western Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of Boorowa Council, Harden Shire and Young Shire. The local government area covers much the same area as the Hilltops wine region. The mayor of Hilltops Council is Brian Ingram, an independent, and was elected unopposed after the inaugural election held on 9 September 2024. Main towns and villages The largest town in Hilltops Council is Young. The other major urban centres are Boorowa, Murrumburrah and Harden. Other towns and localities in the Council include Bendick Murrell, Berremangra, Bribbaree, Frogmore, Galong, Godfreys Creek, Hovells Creek, Jugiong, Kingsvale, Koorawatha, Maimuru, Milvale, Monteagle, Mount Collins, Murringo, Reids Flat, Rugby, Rye Park, Taylors Flat, Thuddungra, Wirrimah, Wombat and Wyangala (part). Demographics Council Current composition and election method Hillt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Highway
Olympic Highway is a rural road in the Central West, New South Wales, central western and Riverina, south-eastern Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. It services rural communities, links Hume Highway with Mid-Western Highway, and provides part of an alternate road transport, road link between Sydney and via and as well as servicing Wagga Wagga, linking with Sturt Highway. Route Olympic Highway runs generally north–south, roughly aligned to sections of the Main Southern railway line, New South Wales, Sydney–Melbourne and the Blayney–Demondrille railway line, Blayney–Demondrille railway lines. A section through Wagga Wagga is a four-lane divided urban road where it is concurrency (road), concurrent with Sturt Highway. Olympic Highway approximately parallels Hume Highway to the east and Newell Highway to the west, sharing a short concurrency with Sturt Highway in Wagga Wagga. It is mostly single carriageway and also includes wider sections within urban ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
