Bowning is a small town in the

South West Slopes The South Western Slopes, also known as the South West Slopes, is a region predominantly in New South Wales, Australia. It covers the lower inland slopes of the Great Dividing Range, extending from north of Dunedoo through central NSW and into ...

, west of Yass on the

Hume Highway The Hume Highway, including the sections now known as the Hume Freeway and the Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of t ...

Yass Valley Shire Yass Valley Council is a local government area in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is located adjacent to the Hume and Barton Highways and the Main Southern railway line. The Shire includes the towns, an ...

. Bowning is an aboriginal word meaning 'big hill'. At the , Bowning and the surrounding area had a population of 573. Nearby Bowning Hill is and

Hume and Hovell The Hume and Hovell expedition was a journey of exploration undertaken in eastern Australia. In 1824 the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane, commissioned Hamilton Hume and former Royal Navy Captain William Hovell to lead an ex ...

mentioned it in their 1824 journal. Bowning was one of the earliest settlements in the district. Historic buildings include the ''Troopers Cottage'' on the Binalong Road and the old

Cobb and Co Cobb & Co was the name used by several independent Australian coach businesses. The first company to use 'Cobb & Co' was established in 1853 by American Freeman Cobb and his partners. The name grew to great prominence in the late 19th century ...

Coaching Station in Bogolong Street. The coaching station was built sometime between 1850 and 1870. The original local school was amongst the earliest established schools in inland New South Wales, founded in 1849, but now replaced.

Railway

Bowning railway station Bowning railway station is a heritage-listed closed railway station, located on the Main Southern railway in Bowning, in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The station was added to the New South Wales State Heritag ...

is on the Main South railway line, and opened in 1876 consisting of two island platforms.Bowning Railway Station
NSWrail.net. Accessed 9 April 2008. The station closed in 1992; however, the structure is still largely intact with a double storey station building on the down platform (now a local craft shop).

Heritage listings

Bowning has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Main Southern railway:

Gallery

Part of Bowning Township.jpg, Part of Bowning township. Commercial Hotel - Bowning.jpg, The Commercial Hotel.

References

External links

{{authority control Towns in New South Wales Southern Tablelands Yass Valley Council Hume Highway