Mummel Explained

Type:town
Mummel
State:nsw
Coordinates:-34.6818°N 149.5845°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in New South Wales
Lga:Goulburn Mulwaree Council
County:Argyle
Parish:Mummel
Region:Southern Tablelands
Postcode:2580
Pop:129
Elevation:685
Stategov:Goulburn
Fedgov:Hume
Dist1:110
Dir1:NE
Location1:Canberra
Dist2:28
Dir2:SSE
Location2:Crookwell
Dist3:23
Dir3:NW
Location3:Goulburn
Dist4:216
Dir4:SW
Location4:Sydney
Near-N:Wayo
Near-Ne:Wayo
Near-E:Baw Baw
Near-Se:Baw Baw
Near-S:Pomeroy
Near-Sw:Pomeroy
Near-W:Bannister
Near-Nw:Bannister

Mummel is a locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council, New South Wales, Australia.[1] [2] It lies about 23 km northwest of Goulburn and 110 km northeast of Canberra. At the, it had a population of 129.

Various state schools were located in or near Mummel between 1868 and 1959. One school was established as Mummell Provisional School in October 1868, but was renamed Pomeroy school in January 1876. It was closed in 1915.[3] An apparently different school called Mummell Public School was established in January 1870, but changed its name to Merrilla Public School also in January 1876. It closed in September 1927.[4] Mummell (east) or Mummell East school was established in May 1870 and closed in December 1936.[5] Mummell Lower school was established in January 1938 and closed in March 1959.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mummel. Geographical Names Board. 5 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Mummel. OpenStreetMap. 5 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Pomeroy in the School history database search. New South Wales Department of Education. 5 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Mummell (2) in the School history database search. New South Wales Department of Education. 6 March 2020.
  5. Web site: Mummell (east) (3) in the School history database search. New South Wales Department of Education. 6 March 2020.
  6. Web site: Mummell Lower in the School history database search. New South Wales Department of Education. 6 March 2020.