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Encyclopedia > Carrathool, New South Wales
Carrathool
New South Wales

The Family Hotel at Carrathool
Population: 99 (est.)
Postcode: 2711
Location:
LGA: Carrathool
State District: Murrumbidgee
Federal Division: Riverina

Carrathool is a village in the western Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, located in the Carrathool Shire.  It is about five kilometres north of the Sturt Highway between Darlington Point and Hay (on the opposite side of the Murrumbidgee River to the highway).  The village, as it exists today, is situated on the plain a few kilometres north of the river, clustered around the now-disused railway station. Capital Sydney Government Const. ... A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z List of postcodes in New South Wales (A-E) List of postcodes in New South Wales (F-M) List of postcodes in New South Wales... km redirects here. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... km redirects here. ... Griffith is a city in south-western New South Wales, Australia. ... km redirects here. ... km redirects here. ... Hay is a town in the western Riverina region of south western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. ... The Local Government Areas of New South Wales, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government, involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Murrumbidgee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Riverina is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... The Riverina is a prosperous agricultural region of south-western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... The Sturt Highway, outside of Gawler, South Australia. ... Hay is a town in the western Riverina region of south western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. ... The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

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History

Currathool Reserve

In October 1852 a reserve of four and a half square miles was proclaimed (No. 13 in the Lachlan Pastoral District); it was situated at the location known as Currathool on the north bank of the Murrumbidgee River “on a cattle run occupied by Mr. Rudd”.[1]


Currathool

The location of the original village of Carrathool – or ‘Currathool’ as it was often written – was at a river-crossing on the Murrumbidgee River at a place called Boree Point.


Carrathool Bridge

The bridge over the Murrumbidgee River, south of Carrathool.
The bridge over the Murrumbidgee River, south of Carrathool.

The bridge spanning the Murrumbidgee River between Carrathool and the Sturt Highway was completed in 1924.  It is an Allan-type timber truss road bridge, and has a bascule-type lift span supported on cylindrical iron piers, designed to allow river-craft to pass.  Only three bascule lift span bridges remain in NSW, and the Carrathool bridge is the only one of these in a timber truss road bridge.  Percy Allan, the designer of Allan truss and other bridges, was a senior engineer in the NSW Public Works Department. The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Salmon Bay Bridge, Seattle, USA; a single leaf through truss with an above-deck counterweight A bascule bridge is a drawbridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span, or leaf, throughout the entire upward swing in providing clearance for boat traffic. ...


The Carrathool bridge was constructed in response to public pressure for a bridge to replace the river punt.  Funding for work was drawn partly from the local community, and partly from the Department of Public Works.  The requirement that local residents pay for half the cost of the bridge “was deplored by the then Mayor of Hay, who was a vocal advocate for the rights and the development of the Riverina region”.[2]


The Carrathool bridge is considered to be of high heritage value; it is listed on the register of the National Trust of Australia and the NSW State Heritage Register. The National Trust of Australia is a community-based, non-government organisation, committed to promoting and conserving Australias indigenous, natural and historic heritage through its advocacy work and its custodianship of heritage places and objects. ...


External links

  • Hay Historical Society homepage

References

  1. ^ New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 104, Monday, 25 October 1852, pp. 1549-1556.
  2. ^ ‘Carrathool Bridge over Murrumbidgee River’, NSW Roads and Traffic Authority web-site.


Coordinates: 34°25′S 145°26′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...



 
 

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