Yass New South Wales
Location of Yass in New South Wales (red)
Population:	4,886 (2001 Census)
Established:	1837
Postcode:	2582
Location:	279 km from Sydney 59 km from Canberra 83 km from Goulburn
LGA:	Yass Valley Council
State District:	Burrinjuck
Federal Division:	Hume

Yass is a town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Shire. The name appears to have been derived from an Aboriginal word, "Yarrh" (or "Yharr") , said to mean 'running water'. Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (977x733, 43 KB) Summary Shows location of w: Yass, New South Wales marked in red in the Australian state of w:New South Wales. ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 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. ... This is about the city of Sydney in Australia. ... km redirects here. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... km redirects here. ... A landmark in Goulburn, the Big Merino Sheep Goulburn () is a provincial cathedral city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Goulburn Mulwaree Council. ... 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. ... Yass Valley (formerly Yass Shire) is a local government area in the Australian State of New South Wales. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Burrinjuck 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 Hume is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... The Southern Tablelands is a geographic area of the State of New South Wales, Australia. ... Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... Yass Valley (formerly Yass Shire) is a local government area in the Australian State of New South Wales. ... Australian Aborigines are the indigenous peoples of Australia. ...

Yass Court House designed by Colonial Architect, James Barnet. The building was officially opened in 1880

Yass is located about 280 km southwest of Sydney, on the Hume Highway. The Yass River, which is a tributary of the Murrumbidgee River, flows past the town. Yass is not far from Canberra. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 627 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Yass, New South Wales ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 627 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Yass, New South Wales ... James Barnet James Johnstone Barnet (1827 – 1904) was the Colonial Architect for New South Wales from 1862 - 1890. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... The Hume is National 31 from Sydney to Albury . ... The Yass River is a river in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ...

Yass has an impressive and historic main street, with well-preserved 19th century verandah post pubs (mostly converted to other uses). It is popular with tourists, some from Canberra and others taking a break from the Hume Highway.

The Pride of Erin Festival and Yass Show are held in March and the Yass Arts-and-Crafts Festival in November.

History

The Yass area was first seen by Europeans in 1821, (an expedition led by Hamilton Hume) and by 1830 settlement had begun. It was founded where the nascent Sydney to Melbourne road crossed water in the form of the Yass River. Hamilton Hume Hamilton Hume (19 June 1797-19 April 1873) was an Australian explorer. ...

Yass was incorporated as a District Council in 1843, and boasted a population of 274 by 1848. On 13 March 1873, the Municipal District of Yass was created, and James Cottrell was subsequently elected as the first Mayor of Yass. March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

One of Australia's best-known poets, A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson arrived in the district in 1871 aged 7, passed his childhood in the district and later bought a property in the Wee Jasper area so that his children could experience country life. Poet and priest Patrick Hartigan (pen name: John O'Brien) was born near Yass in 1878 and he studied at the local convent school as a youth. Banjo Paterson. ... Wee Jasper is a small picturesque village of about 100 people in a pretty valley at the foot of the Brindabella Ranges, on the backwaters of Burrinjuck Dam. ... Monsignor Patrick Joseph Hartigan (13 October 1878 - 27 December 1952) was an Australian Roman Catholic priest, educator, author and poet. ...

Sir Walter Merriman established 'Merryville' one of the country's most famous sheep studs and arguably its leading fine-wool establishment in 1903. Yass is a prominent area for raising sheep which produce very fine wool due to the soil and climatic conditions of the Yass area. Species See text. ... Long and short hair wool at the South Central Family Farm Research Center in Boonesville, Arizona Wool is the fiber derived from the fur of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of other mammals such as goats, alpacas, llamas and rabbits may also...

Yass was one of the sites proposed for the Federal Capital after 1901.

Railways at Yass

Yass was later a battleground between the town and the Sydney to Melbourne railway; because of the topography the New South Wales Government Railways wanted to bypass the town by a few kilometres. Naturally, the people of the town wished the railway to pass closer or through it. In 1892, a light railway or tram was built to connect Yass Junction on the main line and Yass Town.^[1] As originally New South Wales and Victoria had different railway gauges, this meant that all travellers in either direction had to change trains at Albury. ... After much discussion in the young colony of New South Wales, the Sydney Railway Company was incorporated on 10 October 1849 with the aim of building a railway from Sydney to Parramatta. ...

Yass had the nearest railway station on the Sydney Melbourne railway to serve the national capital at Canberra.

When the uniform gauge railway between Sydney and Melbourne opened in 1961, the parliamentarian deserving most of the credit - William Charles Wentworth - was unable to leave parliament since his vote was needed in an almost hung parliament. Instead of catching the inaugural train at Sydney, he had to catch it at Yass, where it made a special stop. William Charles Wentworth IV (1907-2003), was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives 1949-77, with a reputation as a fierce anti-Communist. ...

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St Augustines

St Augustines Catholic Church, Meehan Street Yass, 1956 by Architect, John Fowell

The parish began in 1838 with the laying of the foundation stone of the church now called the Chapel. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1539, 2719 KB) Summary St Augustines Church (Catholic), Meehan Street, Yass, NSW Australia Author, Paul McCarthy Date: 4 September 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1539, 2719 KB) Summary St Augustines Church (Catholic), Meehan Street, Yass, NSW Australia Author, Paul McCarthy Date: 4 September 2005. ...

A striking modernist new building (the 'big' church) was begun in 1954 under the eye of the then Bishop Young, later Archbishop of Hobart. The architect for the church was architects Fowell Mansfield and Maclurcan of Sydney. The builder was James Wallace of 123 Sussex St Sydney. St Augustines Catholic Church, Meehan Street Yass, New South Wales, 1956, designed by Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan Joseph Charles Fowell (August 2, 1891-1970) was a prominent Australian 20th Century architect. ...

There are important works of art by renowned Australian sculptor Tom Bass in the Church: Detail from The Trial of Socrates Tom Bass AM, born in Lithgow, New South Wales in 1916, is an Australian sculptor. ...

• the crucifix on the outside
• the crucifix on the rear doors
• the statue of St Paul and
• the recently installed low-relief of St Augustine near the front door.

The foundation stone of the new church was laid on 11 April 1954 by Archbishop Eris O'Brien and the church was opened on 29 April 1956, by Archbishop Guilford Young.

Fifty year celebrations were organised on 29 April 2006 by Father Laurie Bent.

References and notes

1. ^ Yass Branch. www.nswrail.net. Retrieved on 2006-12-12.

• William A. Bayley (1973). Yass Municipal Centenary History. 
• A brochure produced by Yass Tourist Information Centre, Printed June, 2000.
• Yass. The Age (February 8, 2004). Retrieved on 2006-12-12.

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