Nimmitabel facts for kids
Quick facts for kids NimmitabelNew South Wales |
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The main street of Nimmitabel, 2010
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Population | 320 (2016 census) | ||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2631 | ||||||||
Elevation | 1,075 m (3,527 ft) | ||||||||
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LGA(s) | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | ||||||||
State electorate(s) | Monaro | ||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Eden-Monaro | ||||||||
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Nimmitabel is a small town in the Monaro region in southeast New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area. At the 2016 census, Nimmitabel had a population of 320.
History
- 1840 Locals started calling the village Nimoitebool
- 1845 Appears on Townsend's map as Nimmitabel
- 1858 Church was built
- 1857 Renewal of licence for hotel
- 1858 Post office arrives
- 1861 Bell's Store
- 1863 Separate Courthouse built
- 1865 Geldmacher builds windmill
- 1866 Cameron's Store opens
- 1869 Nimmitabel Public School opens
- 1912 Railway arrives
- 1921 Area's first saw-mill opens
- 1959 Used as location for multi-Oscar nominated film The Sundowners
- 1986 Railway closes
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