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Nimmitabel
New South Wales
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The main street of Nimmitabel, 2010
Nimmitabel is located in New South Wales
Nimmitabel
Nimmitabel
Location in New South Wales
Population 320 (2016 census)
Postcode(s) 2631
Elevation 1,075 m (3,527 ft)
Location
  • 435 km (270 mi) SSW of Sydney
  • 152 km (94 mi) S of Canberra
  • 37 km (23 mi) SE of Cooma
  • 75 km (47 mi) W of Bega
LGA(s) Snowy Monaro Regional Council
State electorate(s) Monaro
Federal Division(s) Eden-Monaro
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
15.6 °C
60 °F
3.4 °C
38 °F
687.6 mm
27.1 in

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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