Bomen, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Bomen
City:Wagga Wagga
State:nsw
Lga:City of Wagga Wagga
Coordinates:-35.075°N 172°W
Parish:North Wagga Wagga
County:Clarendon
Stategov:Wagga Wagga
Fedgov:Riverina
Near-W:Cartwrights Hill
Near-E:Eunanoreenya
Near-Sw:North Wagga Wagga
Near-S:Gumly Gumly
Near-Se:Eunanoreenya
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12

Bomen is a northern suburb of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is dominated by industrial enterprises including Cargill Beef, Watties, the Wagga Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre (saleyards). The suburb is also home to Wagga Wagga's secondary (and original) railway station on the Main Southern line, when the line waited for the construction of a bridge over the Murrumbidgee River. New streets in Bomen are to be named after sheep and cattle breeds.[1]

Heritage listings

Bomen has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Industry

Major industries located within Bomen are located within the Bomen Business Park which include Cargill Foods Australia, Heinz-Watties factory, BOC Gas plant and Austrak concrete sleeper plant.[3] Bomen is the site of the proposed Riverina Intermodal Freight & Logistics Hub.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wagga Wagga City Council. Planning Standing Committee May Business Paper. 2009. 21. 24 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120407023235/http://www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/resources/documents/13_May_2009_-_Planning_Standing_Committee_-_1Business_Paper.pdf. 7 April 2012. dead.
  2. 01093. 18 May 2018.
  3. Web site: Bomen Business Park . . Business Wagga Wagga . 2009-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080718212043/http://businesswaggawagga.com.au/?id=bomenbusinesspark . 18 July 2008 . dead .
  4. http://yoursaywagga.com.au/rifl Riverina Intermodal Freight & Logistics Hub