Stockinbingal

Coordinates: 34°30′0″S 147°53′0″E / 34.50000°S 147.88333°E / -34.50000; 147.88333
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Stockinbingal
New South Wales
Main Street of Stockinbingal
Stockinbingal is located in New South Wales
Stockinbingal
Stockinbingal
Coordinates34°30′0″S 147°53′0″E / 34.50000°S 147.88333°E / -34.50000; 147.88333
Population374 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2725
Elevation303 m (994 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Gundagai Council
CountyBland
State electorate(s)Cootamundra
Federal division(s)Hume

Stockinbingal is a town in the South West Slopes and Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Cootamundra–Gundagai Regional Council local government area and on the Burley Griffin Way. At the 2016 census, Stockinbingal had a population of 374.[1]

Stockinbingal Post Office opened on 16 May 1891.[2]

Railways[edit]

The town is the location of a railway junction connecting the Cootamundra to Lake Cargelligo railway line (completed to Stockinbingal in 1893) to Parkes, which provides an alternative route from Sydney to Parkes to the route over the Blue Mountains, avoiding that route's steep grades and is now consequently the major route for freight between Sydney and Perth. The route from Cootamundra to Stockinbingal and Parkes is also part of a rail bypass of Sydney for traffic between Melbourne and Brisbane via Dubbo, Werris Creek and Maitland.[3]

Yeo Yeo[edit]

Stockinbingal is the closest town to the Yeo Yeo district, where the Bradman family had a farm and Don Bradman lived as a child. The shell of the old Yeo Yeo schoolhouse may be seen a few kilometers from town on the road to Wallendbeen.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Stockinbingal (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 August 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 3 February 2021
  3. ^ NSWRail.Net

External links[edit]

Media related to Stockinbingal at Wikimedia Commons