Bowning

Bowning
New South Wales

Entering Bowning

Bowning

Coordinates

34°43′57″S 148°48′02″E / 34.73250°S 148.80056°ECoordinates: 34°43′57″S 148°48′02″E / 34.73250°S 148.80056°E

Population

573 (2016 census)^[1]

Postcode(s)

2582

Elevation

602 m (1,975 ft)

Location

10 km (6 mi) from Yass
19 km (12 mi) from Bookham

Localities around Bowning:
Binalong	Kangiara	Laverstock
Bookham	Bowning	Bango
Woolgarlo	Good Hope	Yass

Bowning, altitude: 602m, is a small town in the Southern Tablelands, 14 km west of Yass on the Hume Highway in Yass Valley Shire. Bowning is an aboriginal word meaning big hill.^[2] At the 2011 census, Bowning and the surrounding area had a population of 573.^[1]

Nearby Bowning Hill is 796 metres above sea level and Hume and Hovell mentioned it in their 1824 journal. Bowning was one of the earliest settlements in the district.

Historic buildings include the Troopers Cottage on the Binalong Road and the old Cobb and Co Coaching Station in Bogolong Street. The coaching station was built sometime between 1850 and 1870. The original local school was amongst the earliest established schools in inland New South Wales, founded in 1849, but now replaced.

Railway

Bowning railway station is on the Main South railway line, and opened in 1876 consisting of two island platforms.^[3] The station closed in 1992; however, the structure is still largely intact with a double storey station building on the down platform (now a local craft shop).

Gallery

Part of Bowning township.
The Commercial Hotel.

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bowning (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
↑ "Bowning". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
↑ Bowning Railway Station. NSWrail.net. Accessed 9 April 2008.

External links

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Yass Valley Council, New South Wales, Australia
Towns and residential areas	Yass Binalong Bowning Bywong Gundaroo Murrumbateman Sutton Wallaroo
Localities	Bango Bellmount Forest Boambolo Bookham Burrinjuck Cavan Good Hope Jeir Kangiara Laverstock Manton Marchmont Mullion Nanima Narrangullen Springrange Uriarra Wee Jasper Woolgarlo Yass River
Main Article: Local government areas of New South Wales

The Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Local government areas	Goulburn-Mulwaree Hilltops Queanbeyan-Palerang Upper Lachlan Yass Valley
Cities	Goulburn Queanbeyan
Main towns	Boorowa Braidwood Bungendore Crookwell Gunning Marulan Murrumbateman Yass
Villages and small towns	Araluen Bannaby Bevendale Bigga Binalong Binda Bookham Bowning Breadalbane Bungonia Burra Burrinjuck Bywong Captains Flat Carwoola Collector Crestwood Cullerin Dalton Environa Frogmore Googong Greenleigh Gundaroo Hoskinstown Laggan Lake Bathurst Majors Creek Mongarlowe Nerriga Reids Flat Royalla Rugby Rye Park Sutton Tallong Tarago Taralga The Ridgeway Tirrannaville Towrang Tralee Tuena Wamboin Wee Jasper Windellama Woolgarlo
Rivers and other waterbodies	Araluen Back Lake Bathurst Bettowynd Bimberamala Deua Lake George Jerrabattgulla Mulwaree Shoalhaven Wollondilly Yadboro
Mountains and ranges	Budawang Range Clyde Mountain Pigeon House Mountain
National parks	Budawang Deua Monga Morton Tallaganda

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