Nimmitabel, New South Wales

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Nimmitabel
New South Wales

Looking south through the town along the highway

Population:

238^[1]

Postcode:

2631

Elevation:

1,075 m (3,527 ft)

Location:

435 km (270 mi) SSW of Sydney
152 km (94 mi) S of Canberra
37 km (23 mi) SE of Cooma
75 km (47 mi) W of Bega, New South Wales

LGA:

Cooma-Monaro Shire Council

State District:

Monaro

Federal Division:

Eden-Monaro

Mean Max Temp	Mean Min Temp	Rainfall
15.6 °C ^{60 °F}	3.4 °C ^{38 °F}	687.6 mm ^{27.1 in}

Nimmitabel (postcode: 2631) is a small town in the Monaro region in southeast New South Wales, Australia, in the Cooma-Monaro Shire Local government area. At the 2001 census, Nimmitabel had a population of 238.^[1]

The town is 37 kilometres south of Cooma and 75 km west of Bega. Nimmitabel is located on the highway which from Cooma to about 10 km south of Nimmitabel is both the Snowy Mountains Highway (HWY 23) and the Monaro Highway (HWY 18).

It is on the southern end of the Great Dividing Range, at the west of the Monaro Range, and lies 20 km east of the Wadbilliga National Park.

Nimmitabel means "the place where many waters start and divide" in the local Aboriginal language. Many various spellings were adopted for the town, including: Nimmitybelle, Nimithybale, Nimitybell, Nimity Belle and Nimmitabel.

1 History
- 1.1 Timeline
2 Trivia
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Timeline

- 1840 Locals started calling the village Nimoitebool
- 1845 Appears on Townsend's map as Nimmitabel
- 1858 Church was built
- 1857 Renewal of license for hotel
- 1858 Post office arrives
- 1861 Bell's Store
- 1863 Separate Courthouse built
- 1865 Geldmacher builds windmill
- 1866 Cameron's Store opens
- 1912 Railroad arrives
- 1921 Area's first saw-mill opens