Bomen, New South Wales

Bomen
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

Bomen Railway Station with part of Industrial Area in background
LGA(s) City of Wagga Wagga
County Clarendon
Parish North Wagga Wagga
State electorate(s) Wagga Wagga
Federal Division(s) Riverina
Suburbs around Bomen:
Cartwrights Hill Bomen Eunanoreenya
North Wagga Wagga Gumly Gumly Eunanoreenya

Bomen is a northern suburb of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is dominated by industrial enterprises including Cargill Beef, Watties, the Wagga Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre (saleyards). The suburb is also home to Wagga Wagga's secondary (and original) railway station on the Great Southern Line, when the line waited for the construction of a bridge over the Murrumbidgee River. New streets in Bomen are to be named after sheep and cattle breeds.[1]

Industry

Major industries located within Bomen are located within the Bomen Business Park which include Cargill Foods Australia, Heinz-Watties factory, BOC Gas plant and Austrak concrete sleeper plant.[2]

References

  1. Wagga Wagga City Council (2009). Planning Standing Committee May Business Paper (PDF). p. 21.
  2. "Bomen Business Park". Wagga Wagga City Council. Business Wagga Wagga. Retrieved 2009-01-26.

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Coordinates: 35°04.5′S 147°25′E / 35.0750°S 147.417°E