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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.<ref>[http://bowning.visitnsw.com/HolidayLocation/TNSW601055CT.htm Tourism New South Wales]</ref> |
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.<ref>[http://bowning.visitnsw.com/HolidayLocation/TNSW601055CT.htm Tourism New South Wales]</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:23, 28 January 2007
| Bowning New South Wales | |
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| Population | 355 (within 7 km radius)[1] |
| Postcode(s) | 2582 |
| Elevation | 602 m (1,975 ft) |
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Bowning (34°37′S 148°49′E / 34.617°S 148.817°E, 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.
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. The railway was completed to Bowning in 1876; Bowning station closed in 1992.
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.[2]
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Commercial Hotel - Bowning
