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Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 120 km south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega with the Riverina. The town has a population of approximately 7,000. NSW redirects here. ...
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Map of Local Government Areas in New South Wales Types of LGAs in New South Wales 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. ...
Cooma-Monaro Shire is a Local Government Area (LGA) in southern New South Wales, named after the former Cooma Municipality and the former Monaro Shire (itself named after the Monaro Region), which were amalgamated to create it. ...
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Monaro is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ...
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Monaro Highway is signed as National Route 23 The Monaro Highway is a State highway in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria, Australia. ...
The Snowy Mountains Highway is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia. ...
Location of Bega in New South Wales (red) Bega is a town in the south-east area of the state of New South Wales in Australia. ...
The Riverina is a prosperous agricultural region of south-western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. ...
Cooma is the main town of the Monaro region. It is 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level. Monaro region: between Adaminaby and Cooma Monaro (pronounced mon-air-ro) is the name of a region in the south of New South Wales, Australia. ...
History
Aviation Pioneers' Memorial at Cooma Cooma was explored by Captain J.M. Currie in 1823. It was first surveyed in 1840 and it was proclaimed a municipality in 1879. The railway from Sydney was extended from Royalla to Cooma in 1889 and closed in 1986.[1][2] Its estimated population was 47 in 1851 and it grew to 2330 (1911), 1969 (1933), 2249 (1947), 9103 (1966), 7353 (1976) and 7978 (1981). Image File history File links Australian Aviation Prioneers Memorial at Cooma, New South Wales, with artifacts recovered from the Avro 618 Ten aircraft, Southern Cloud, that crashed on 21 March 1931 in the Australian Alps Toolong Mountain range. ...
Image File history File links Australian Aviation Prioneers Memorial at Cooma, New South Wales, with artifacts recovered from the Avro 618 Ten aircraft, Southern Cloud, that crashed on 21 March 1931 in the Australian Alps Toolong Mountain range. ...
A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ...
In 1949, the town became the headquarters of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and grew rapidly. In 1959 the tenth anniversary of the scheme was celebrated with the erection of an avenue of flags representing the 27 nationalities of people working on the scheme. Talbingo Dam The Snowy Mountains Scheme is a hydro-electricity and irrigation complex in south-east Australia. ...
Actresses Carmen Duncan and Paula Duncan, poet and essayist A. D. Hope, poet John Tranter and politician John Tierney were all born in Cooma. Carmen Duncan Carmen Joan Duncan (born July 7, 1942 in Cooma, New South Wales) is an Australian actress. ...
Paula Duncan is an Australian actress who has played several leading roles in various TV series, including Carol Finlayson in Number 96, Lisa Brooks in The Young Doctors, Danni Francis in Cop Shop, Lorelei Wilkinson in Prisoner, Janet Bryant in Richmond Hill and Joan Hayden in Paradise Beach. ...
Alec Derwent Hope (July 21, 1907 - July 13, 2000) was an Australian poet and essayist, known for his satirical slant, who was also a critic, teacher and academic. ...
John Tranter is an Australian poet. ...
Dr John Tierney (born 21 January 1946), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since 1991, representing the state of New South Wales. ...
Cooma has developed a growing tourism industry as it became the main rest stop for many travellers heading to the NSW snow fields during the winter months. As a result, the town nicknamed itself the 'Gateway to the Snowy Mountains'.
The Aviation Pioneers' Memorial at Cooma contains artifacts recovered from the Avro 618 Ten aircraft Southern Cloud, which crashed on 21 March 1931 in the Toolong range of the Australian Alps. The wreck was not found until 26 October 1958. The Avro 618 Ten or X was a passenger transport aircraft of the 1930s. ...
Education Monaro High School is Cooma's only public high school, however it serves the town and seven of the neighbouring rural towns and villages such as Berridale, Jindabyne, Nimmitabel, Bredbo and Dalgety. Berridale (, ) is a small town of 800 people in New South Wales, and is the administrative centre of the Snowy River Shire, one of Australias major inland tourism destinations. ...
Jindabyne, as viewed from across Lake Jindabyne Jindabyne (36°24′S 148°37′E) is a town in New South Wales, Australia that overlooks Lake Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains. ...
Cooma has two public primary schools Cooma Public School and Cooma North Public School both providing education for students in kindergarten to year 6.
There is a catholic school in Cooma called St Patrick's Parish School providing education from kindergarten to year 10.
Cooma also has a private Christian school known as Snowy Mountains Christian School which provides education from kindergarten to year 8.
TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute Cooma Campus is located in Cooma and provides further education.
Climate Cooma has a dry, cool climate. The annual mean rainfall is 547mm, with winter being the driest season. Mean daily minimum temperatures range from -2.8°C (July) to 10.5°C (January/February), with annual mean daily minimum of 4.1°C. Mean daily maximum temperatures range from 11.4°C (July) to 26.9°C (January), with annual mean daily maximum of 19.4°C.[3]
Cooma is also 5 kilometres south of the banks of the Murrumbidgee River. A main tributary of the Murray Darling Basin. Cooma sources its water from the river. For the first time in history the River ceased flowing in December 2006. This is due the extensive drought which crippled Eastern Australia. This forced Cooma to adopt water restrictions, trying to limit Cooma's water consumption to 5 megalitres a day, down from the then consumption of 11 megalitres a day.
Radio stations - 2XL 918 AM (commercial)
- Snow FM 97.7 FM (commercial)
- Triple J 100.1 FM
- ABC South-East 810 AM/1602 AM
- Radio National 95.3 FM/100.9 FM
- Classic FM 99.3
- Monaro FM 90.5 (community)
- Racing Radio 96.9 FM
Note: transmitters for 2XL and Snow FM, as well as some ABC services, are in place throughout the Snowy Mountains.
Newspaper Two newspapers operate in Cooma, The Cooma Monaro Express owned by Fairfax group, and the independently owned, The Monaro Post, which began in 2006[[4]].
Transport Cooma is serviced by the Snowy Mountains Airport which is 15 kilometres from the CBD. Cooma has a bus service connecting various areas of town three times a day run by Cooma Coaches. Cooma is serviced by CountryLink buses which make daily journeys to both Canberra and the Bega Valley. Cooma has a taxi service run by Cooma Radio Taxis. Passenger trains operated to Cooma (the Cooma Mail) until 1986.[5]
Personalities Cooma has produced several recognised sports people and other personalities. - Rowena Bright (Olympic Skier)
- Torah Bright (Snowboarder)
- Andrew Bobinskas (International Socialite)
- Mark Jordan (Lawn Mower)
- Damien Warren-Smith (Movie Star)
- Marek Strzelecki (Kite Skier)
- Stuart Flanagan (West Tigers - NRL)
- Brett White (Melbourne Storm - NRL)
- Jamiel Anton (The face of toolies 07)
- Loui Elia (Golden Tee contender)
- Matt Hassal (Golden Tee pretender)
- Danny Freebody (Tri athlete)
- Basil "Budgie" Bodycot (Dirty Mother)
- Les Price (Former pro basketballer)
- Mark "Boxa" Kaufline (Local gigolo)
- Michael "Toot" Shaw (Local curiosity)
- Kelly Maxwell (Queen of the Nile)
- Troy Saddler (Colorful racing identity)
- Scott Moreland (Master of interpretive dance)
- Jamie Burns (Village People stunt double)
- Bevan "Esma" Smith (Private investigator)
- Bill Massingham (Achievements too numerous to list)
- Marcus Witt (chauffeur)
- James Campbell (House-o in waiting)
See also Cooma Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Vale St, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia. ...
Talbingo Dam The Snowy Mountains Scheme is a hydro-electricity and irrigation complex in south-east Australia. ...
The Bombala railway line is a partially closed branch railway line in the south of New South Wales, Australia. ...
Notes - ^ Bombala Line. www.nswrail.net. Retrieved on 2007-01-21.
- ^ Cooma Railway Station. www.nswrail.net. Retrieved on 2007-01-21.
- ^ Bureau of Meteorology
- ^ http://www.monaropost.com.au
- ^ Banger C. The Railway Refreshment Rooms of New South Wales 1855-1995. ARHS Bulletin, Vol 54, no.790. August 2003.
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