Cootamundra

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Cootamundra
New South Wales
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The CBC bank building and post office on Wallendoon St
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Cootamundra
Coordinates 34°38′30″S148°01′30″E / 34.64167°S 148.02500°E / -34.64167; 148.02500
Population5,732 (UCL 2021) [1]
Established1861
Postcode(s) 2590
Elevation318 m (1,043 ft)
Location
  • 390 km (242 mi) from Sydney
  • 161 km (100 mi) from Canberra
  • 53 km (33 mi) from Junee
  • 49 km (30 mi) from Young
  • 105 km (65 mi) from Yass
LGA(s) Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council
County Harden
State electorate(s) Cootamundra
Federal division(s) Hume
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
22.3 °C
72 °F		7.8 °C
46 °F		614.3 mm
24.2 in

Cootamundra, nicknamed Coota, is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. It is within the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. At the 2016 Census, Cootamundra had a population of 6,782. It is located on the Olympic Highway at the point where it crosses the Muttama Creek, between Junee and Cowra. Its railway station is on the Main Southern line, part of the Melbourne-to-Sydney line.

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Cootamundra is the birthplace of Sir Donald Bradman AC , an Australian cricketer universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time. It is also known for being the site of Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls, an institution housing Aboriginal girls who were forcibly taken from their families.

It is also the home of the Cootamundra wattle. Every year there is a large "Wattle Time" Festival held at the time the wattle starts to bloom, with an art show and festivities.

History

The traditional owners of the area where present day Cootamundra exists are considered to be the Wiradjuri people, with the name "Cootamundra" probably deriving from the Wiradjuri language word guudhamang for "turtle". [2]

Parker St, the main street of Cootamundra Cootamundra Parker Street 001.JPG
Parker St, the main street of Cootamundra

Cootamundra was incorporated as a township on 9 August 1861, and the first settlers bought their lots in early 1862. Like many other towns in the Riverina, it was originally populated by those attracted by the gold rush of the 1860s but became a quiet yet prosperous agricultural community after the local deposits were exhausted. However, the potential sale of a recently disused mine near Adelong may have piqued the curiosity of would-be prospectors. [3]

It is one of the oldest towns in Australia.

The town's rugby league team, the Cootamundra Bulldogs, competed in the Maher Cup.[ citation needed ]

Birthplace of Sir Donald Bradman Cootamundra Bradman's Birthplace Museum 003.JPG
Birthplace of Sir Donald Bradman
Bradman statue in Jubilee Park Bradman statue at Cootamundra.jpg
Bradman statue in Jubilee Park

Timeline

First town lots sold by auction at Gundagai [4]
Cootamundra's railway connection opens on 1 November.
Public school opens on Cooper Street [4]
Bank of NSW building (the current Westpac) constructed [4]
Farmers' and Settlers' Association founded

Churches

The first churches in Cootamundra were:

Primitive Methodist

Rev. Smith was minister from around 1874, succeeded by J. Spalding, who was minister in 1877, and services were held on alternate Sunday afternoons.

Wesleyan Methodist

The church, seating 100 persons, was opened on 17 December 1876. Rev. G. Thompson was minister in 1878 [11] and services were held regularly. [12] In 1880 Rev. R. East was the only minister resident in the town. [13]

Anglican

Christ Church opened on 12 July 1878; the vicar W. Cocks shared with Murrumburrah. In January 1880 Rev. S. B. Holt left Gundagai to take up the position.

Roman Catholic

Eighty confirmations were performed in 1875 in conjunction with a jubilee attended by Bishop Lanigan of Goulburn and Fathers Bermingham (Burrowa), Dunne and O'Dwyer (Gundagai), and Hanley (Goulburn). [14] Mass was held fortnightly in the schoolroom by visiting priests from Gundagai. [15] St Columba's church was consecrated on 30 November 1879. [16] The first resident pastor was Rev. Richard Butler in 1881.

Military history

During World War II, Cootamundra was the location of RAAF No.3 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot (IAFD), completed in 1942 and closed on 14 June 1944. It was located in an area of land near the intersection of Olympic Highway and Thompson Street. Usually consisting of 4 tanks, 31 fuel depots were built across Australia for the storage and supply of aircraft fuel for the RAAF and the US Army Air Forces at a total cost of £900,000 ($1,800,000). [17]

It was also home to the No 1 Air Observers School, commemorated by a plaque at Cootamundra Airfield.

A plane from the No. 31 Beaufighter Squadron, RAAF, from Wagga Wagga, crashed nearby on 21 September 1942 during training exercises, resulting in the death of Flt/Sgt J. E. Jenkins and Sgt V. Sutherst. A memorial alongside the main road to Young, dedicated on 28 April 1990, [18] is regularly tended. See Gallery below.

Heritage listings

Aerial view of Cootamundra Cootamundra NSW Australia 20070223.jpg
Aerial view of Cootamundra

Cootamundra has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Description and attractions

Cootamundra is located in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, within the Riverina region.

It is within the local government area of Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. Abb McAlister was elected mayor of the newly-formed Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council on 21 September 2017. [23]

The town is known as the birthplace of the great cricketer Sir Donald Bradman. Although he never lived in the town and his parents left Yeo Yeo (some 18 km from Cootamundra) when he was two, the town celebrates this connection with the Sir Donald Bradman Birthplace Museum, the home where "The Don" was born, a fully restored visitors' site featuring cricketing memorabilia and artefacts. [24]

The Coota Ex-Services Club is an ex-servicemen's club that is open to the public as a restaurant. [25]

Hemet, California, is a sister city. [26]

Cricket Captains' Walk

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Cricket Captains' Walk

In 1998 a collection of 14 captains of the Australia International Test XI cricket team was unveiled in Jubilee Park, adjacent the Caravan Park. Specially commissioned, they were all the work of Harden-Murrumburrah sculptor Carl Valerius.[ citation needed ]

In 2008 a further 30 busts were installed on either side of a looping path, making a full set of Australian Test cricket captains, with three more added in 2020 to bring the list up to date. These are by various artists from the Tom Bass sculpture studio. The all-weather path, which starts and ends at Wallendoon Street is family, jogger, and wheelchair friendly, and approximately 250 metres long.[ citation needed ]

A life-sized bronze statue of Bradman in action, also by Valerius, is nearby, as is a newly-installed barbecue and playground. Jubilee Park, the site of these attractions, is on land reclaimed from the original stock dam, memorialised by a plaque on the Morgan Arch on Wallendoon Street.[ citation needed ]

The Giant

"The Giant" The Giant, Cootamundra.jpg
"The Giant"

The large effigy of a fairytale giant gesturing towards to his crotch was created by an unknown artist around 1975 in fibreglass as a mascot for "The Giant Supermarket" on the corner of Cooper and Wallendoon streets.

This location was in 1882 the site of Kibby's "Trade Palace" department store; [27] and taken over by Solomon Cohen (c. 1848–1922) in 1886. [28] In 1943 it became "Cohen's Corner", [29] a name which endures to this day. "Hammond and Hanlon" were tenants in 1962 and "The Giant" in 1975, subsequently "U-Mark-it", "Half-case Warehouse", "Payless", and "Food World". It next became Mark Ward's hardware store, then "GV Bargains".

When the statue was taken down it was purchased by Allan and Phuong Jenkins, who ran a florist shop nearby. In 1985 Allan participated in a Round-Australia marathon run by Rotary International and the Australian Cancer Society as a fundraiser, and his support vehicle was surmounted by "The Giant". In 2014 the Jenkins couple donated the statue to the Cootamundra Heritage Centre.[ citation needed ]

Local artist Jim Newman did its original paintwork back in 1975, and his brother Robert Newman was responsible for its restoration in 2015. [30] The statue is located alongside the Heritage Centre on Hovell Street, near the railway station.

The Giant, [31] along with Don Bradman's Bat and Stumps in Bradman Oval, [32] are considered to be two of Australia's many Big Things.

Population

According to the 2016 Australian census, there were 6,782 people in Cootamundra. Of these: [33]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19211,748—    
19334,683+167.9%
19475,259+12.3%
19545,760+9.5%
19615,939+3.1%
19666,219+4.7%
19716,530+5.0%
19766,384−2.2%
19816,540+2.4%
19866,314−3.5%
19916,386+1.1%
19965,879−7.9%
20015,486−6.7%
20065,566+1.5%
20115,579+0.2%
20165,669+1.6%
20215,732+1.1%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics data. [34] [35]

Transport

Cootamundra railway station Cootamundra Railway Station from Footbridge.JPG
Cootamundra railway station

Cootamundra railway station is located on the Main Southern railway line, with passengers served in each direction by twice daily NSW TrainLink XPT railway services between Sydney and Melbourne, and the twice weekly Xplorer railway services to Griffith. Interstate freight trains also pass through the town.

Regional Rail Logistics previously operated a containerised freight service from Junee to Sydney stopping in the town, [36]

Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Junee
towards Griffith or Melbourne
NSW TrainLink Southern Line
Griffith Xplorer
Melbourne XPT
 Harden
towards Sydney

Cootamundra acts as a hub for coach services, run by Transport for NSW, to other regional centres with departures and arrivals timed to connect with certain New South Wales XPT train arrivals. The exception is Services 704/703 (coloured row), provided for those who have business in Canberra civic, the major hospitals, or to connect with the Canberra–Sydney rail service (three trains per day both directions).

Seats are allocated and must be booked ahead. [37] must be consulted for conditions of travel and coach stop locations. On-line booking and more information [38]

Destination/sOther stopsService #FrequencyReturn #FrequencyNotes
Condobolinsee timetable717Daily718Daily
Tumbarumbasee timetable723Tue/Thu/Sun724Tue/Thu/Sun
Griffith, Hay, Mildurasee timetable725Daily726Daily~20 min. refreshment stop at Hay
Yass Junction, Canberra, Queanbeyansee timetable782Daily781Daily~15 min. stop at Yass Junction. Wheelchair access
Parkes, Dubbosee timetable791Mon/Wed/Sat792Sun/Tue/ThuWheelchair access
Orange, Bathurstsee timetable793Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun794Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat
Major stop on route: Wagga Wagga–Cootamundra–Canberra–Queanbeyansee timetable [39] 704 [40] Tue/Thu/Sat (morning)703 [41] Tue/Thu/Sat (evening)currently (2019) a trial service, trial timetable, Wheelchair access

Airport

Cootamundra Airport, is one of the oldest country airports outside of Mascot to be continually licensed.

From 1991 to 2002 local business Country Connection Airlines offered regional flights from Cootamundra to Sydney, as well as to many other regional locations such as West Wyalong, Cowra, Forbes and Young.

Sport

Cootamundra has a long and proud sporting history, with the region most notably producing Sir Donald Bradman, the greatest test cricketer ever.

Today, the most popular sport in Cootamundra is rugby league. The local team, the Cootamundra Bulldogs, compete in the George Tooke Shield competition, which is part of the broader Canberra Rugby League. The club formerly competed in the Group 9 Rugby League competition, in which they were among the most successful clubs, winning nine titles, and their junior sides remain in this league. The club famously produced Les Boyd, whom the club's home ground is named after, Eric Weissel, and Paul Field, a local player who was picked to represent New South Wales in the 1983 State of Origin series, one of only three players to ever be selected for the side from a Country Rugby League club.

Cootamundra also has an Australian rules football side, nicknamed the Blues, who play in the AFL Canberra lower divisions, and a rugby union team, the Cootamundra Tri-Colours, in the Central West Rugby Union Division 3 South. The region also has a strong local cricket competition.

Notable residents

Climate

Cootamundra has hot, dry summers interspersed with severe thunderstorms, and cool, cloudy winters with many rain days. Occasionally, snow may fall during the winter months, with the most recent settled snowfall having occurred in August 2019. Under the Köppen climate classification scheme, the town has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa), receiving enough precipitation to avoid the cold semi-arid (BSk) climate classification.

Climate data for Cootamundra Airport (1995–2022); 335 m AMSL; 34.63° S, 148.04° E
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)45.0
(113.0)		43.0
(109.4)		39.7
(103.5)		33.5
(92.3)		27.0
(80.6)		22.0
(71.6)		20.5
(68.9)		24.8
(76.6)		30.2
(86.4)		34.9
(94.8)		41.0
(105.8)		42.2
(108.0)		45.0
(113.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)32.1
(89.8)		30.4
(86.7)		27.2
(81.0)		22.7
(72.9)		17.5
(63.5)		13.9
(57.0)		13.0
(55.4)		14.6
(58.3)		18.3
(64.9)		22.4
(72.3)		26.1
(79.0)		29.3
(84.7)		22.3
(72.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)16.1
(61.0)		15.5
(59.9)		12.4
(54.3)		7.5
(45.5)		3.5
(38.3)		2.2
(36.0)		1.2
(34.2)		1.5
(34.7)		3.5
(38.3)		6.3
(43.3)		10.4
(50.7)		13.0
(55.4)		7.8
(46.0)
Record low °C (°F)2.0
(35.6)		2.9
(37.2)		0.9
(33.6)		−4.0
(24.8)		−6.5
(20.3)		−7.3
(18.9)		−7.8
(18.0)		−7.0
(19.4)		−6.0
(21.2)		−3.5
(25.7)		−1.4
(29.5)		2.1
(35.8)		−7.8
(18.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)49.3
(1.94)		52.3
(2.06)		53.9
(2.12)		35.3
(1.39)		38.0
(1.50)		60.7
(2.39)		58.5
(2.30)		58.4
(2.30)		52.9
(2.08)		48.6
(1.91)		64.6
(2.54)		52.7
(2.07)		614.3
(24.19)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm)6.85.46.55.17.610.812.911.89.08.58.46.799.5
Average afternoon relative humidity (%)33383843536665615346393648
Source: Bureau of Meteorology [48]

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