Bumbalong

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Bumbalong
New South Wales
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Bumbalong
Location in New South Wales
Bumbalong
Coordinates 35°51′30.9″S149°08′01.4″E / 35.858583°S 149.133722°E / -35.858583; 149.133722
Population24 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2626
Location
LGA(s) Snowy Monaro Regional Council
Region Monaro
County Cowley
Parish Bumbalong
State electorate(s) Monaro
Federal division(s) Eden-Monaro
Localities around Bumbalong:
ACT Clear Range Michelago
ACT Bumbalong Colinton
Shannons Flat Bredbo Bredbo

Bumbalong is a rural locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia. Although it lies in the valley of the Murrumbidgee River, it is sometimes referred to by its residents as Bumbalong Valley. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 24. [2]

It occupies an area bounded in the east and south by the Murrumbidgee River, and in the west by the Australian Capital Territory border. To the north, the valley narrows, becoming Colinton Gorge. [3] The Parish of Bumbalong once extended as far as the Naas River, but this western portion—part of the catchment of the Naas—became a part of the A.C.T. [4] The settled area lies in the valley close to the western bank of the Murrumbidgee River, opposite Colinton.

The area now known as Bumbalong lies on the traditional lands of Ngarigo people. [5]

The presence of gold was recorded in the southern part of the locality, on the land inland from the large bend in the river. [6] Although there was gold mining, nearby, on the eastern side of the river, at Colinton, no mining at Bumbalong seems to be recorded. [7] [8] The locality is agricultural, with activities including grazing.

The only road connection is from the Monaro Highway at Colinton, via Bumbalong Road and the Bumbalong Bridge across the Murrumbidgee. The bridge is a low-level concrete structure that is covered during floods, isolating the locality. [9] In earlier times, the only river crossing was a ford. [8] Bumbalong locality is on the western side of the river only and has no roads open to the public. Bumbalong Road ceases at an intersection of a right of carriageway that runs generally parallel to the river. [10] The right of carriageway, designated as Upstream Road and Downstream Road, commences at the western end of the concrete crossing; [11] [10] it passes through private land, over its entire length, in both upstream and downstream directions, [10] and is for private use of residents only. [12]

Bumbalong was badly affected by the Clear Range bushfire, on 1 February 2020, losing six of its 14 dwellings. [13] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bumbalong". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 December 2020. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "2016 Census QuickStats: Bumbalong". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bredbo To Colinton". Waterways Guide. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Parish of Bumbalong, County of Cowley [cartographic material] : Land District of Queanbeyan, Yarrowlumla Shire, Eastern Division, N.S.W. & Commonwealth Territory". Trove. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (9 September 2021). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Map showing gold and other mineral localities in the basins of the Snowy & Upper Murrumbidgee Rivers [cartographic material] : chiefly discovered by the Revd. W.B. Clarke in the years 1851-2 and published by him to illustrate his work entitled the Southern goldfields, Second edition, showing the country dividide into parishes comprised in the Counties of Auckland, Beresford, Buccleuch, Cowley, Dampier, Murray, Selwyn, St Vincte, Wallace & Wellesley". Trove. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Mining in the Queanbeyan District. PAST AND PRESENT". Queanbeyan Observer (NSW : 1894 - 1908; 1910 - 1915). 14 September 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  8. 1 2 "A Country Pressman's Outing". Queanbeyan Observer (NSW : 1894 - 1908; 1910 - 1915). 18 February 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "The bridge is a burning issue in Bumbalong as it is now used by heavy vehicles". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 6 October 1989. p. 3. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 "Bumbalong · New South Wales 2626, Australia". Google Maps. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "YARROWLUMLA COUNCIL". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001). 9 October 1998. p. 8221. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "CONVEYANCING ACT 1919 - SCHEDULE 8". classic.austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "Families with homes destroyed by bushfire told by bureaucrats they 'weren't fire affected'". www.abc.net.au. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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