Type: | town |
Kunama | |
State: | NSW |
Lga: | Snowy Valleys Council |
Coordinates: | -35.5482°N 148.0834°W |
Postcode: | 2730[1] |
Pop: | 1313 |
Elevation: | 900–1,000 |
Established: | 1850s |
County: | Wynyard |
Stategov: | Wagga Wagga |
Fedgov: | Eden-Monaro |
Dist1: | 442 |
Location1: | Sydney |
Dist2: | 226 |
Location2: | Canberra |
Dist3: | 116 |
Location3: | Wagga Wagga |
Maxtemp: | 15.6 |
Mintemp: | 5.4 |
Rainfall: | 1577.4 |
Kunama is a rural locality in the South West Slopes of New South Wales, situated west of Batlow at an elevation of . The region is largely one of apple produce.
The area was established in the 1850s. The Kunama branch railway, also known as Batlow line, was completed in 1923 as an extension to the Tumut line, branching off at a junction close to Gilmore and was formally closed, in 1957.[2]
Sitting at around on the windward side of the ranges, Kunama experiences particularly cold and snowy winters, with a very high rainfall averaging nearly .[3]