Talbingo, New South Wales
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| Talbingo New South Wales |
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| Population: | 390 |
| Postcode: | 2720 |
| LGA: | Tumut Shire |
Talbingo () is a small town in New South Wales, Australia at the edge of the Snowy Mountains. The town is 410 metres above sea level. It is on the Tumut River, which is drowned there under Jounama Pondage.
Talbingo resident Jack Bridle, whose family were early settlers of the area, suggests the name to be a corruption of the English word "tall" and the Aboriginal words "Binji", "Binge" or "Bingo" meaning belly. Mount Talbingo resembles the big belly of a man lying down.
[edit] History
The original township was flooded under Jounama Dam in 1968. The town was moved to make way for the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme.
Before the move, Talbingo consisted of a hotel, the station and its homestead. There was also a service station and some holiday cabins. It was a small settlement and only five families were displaced by the move.
Talbingo station was the birthplace of author Miles Franklin. The station belonged to her relatives, the Lampes, until the 1940s.
[edit] References
- Bridle, Jack (1979). My Mountain Country Talbingo: The Story of Its History, the Aborigines, Hume and Hovell, the Kiandra Gold Rush, Early Settlers, Miles Franklin, Talbingo Pub, and the Snowy Scheme. Talbingo Miles Franklin Memorial Committee. ISBN 0-9595285-0-4.
- McHugh, Siobhan (1989). The Snowy:the people behind the power. William Heinemann Australia, pages 223-7. ISBN 0-85561-337-8.
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