Nimmitabel Explained

Type:town
Nimmitabel
State:nsw
Lga:Snowy Monaro Regional Council
Postcode:2631
Pop:324
Elevation:1075
Coordinates:-36.5°N 149.2833°W
Maxtemp:15.6
Mintemp:3.4
Rainfall:687.6
Stategov:Monaro
Fedgov:Eden-Monaro
Dist1:435
Dir1:SSW
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:152
Dir2:S
Location2:Canberra
Dist3:37
Dir3:SSE
Location3:Cooma
Dist4:75
Dir4:WNW
Location4:Bega

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, Nimmitabel had a population of 324.

Etymology

Nimmitabel means "the place where many waters start or divide" in the local Aboriginal language. Many various spellings were adopted for the town, including: Nimmytabell (1837), Nimitabelle (1838), Nimmitabool (1841), Nimmittybel (1844), Nimmitabel(1845), Nimmitybelle, Nimithybale, Nymytable (all in 1848), Nimmitabil(1851), Nimitabille and Nimithy Bell(1856), Nimaty-Bell(1857), Nimmitabel(1858)[1]

Geography

The town is 37km (23miles) south of Cooma and 75km (47miles) west of Bega. Nimmitabel is on a stretch of highway shared between the Snowy Mountains Highway (HWY B72) and the Monaro Highway (HWY B23). It is on the southern end of the Great Dividing Range, at the west of the Monaro Range, and lies 20km (10miles) west of the Wadbilliga National Park. The area around Nimmitabel has the only true chernozem soil in Australia, a very rich, fertile and dark coloured soil.[2]

Climate

Nimmitabel has a cool oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) with cool to mild summers and cold winters, with evenly-spread, modest rainfall throughout the year. Frosts occur regularly throughout the year, even at the height of summer. It is decently sunny, with 102.2 clear days annually, being largely on account of its leeward location.

Because of its elevation and southern latitude, several snowfalls can be expected each year from May through to October; on rare occasions, snow flurries may even occur in summer. Snow can occur heavily at times. The town has recorded sub-freezing daily maxima on multiple occasions: on 13 June 1965, and shortly thereafter on 17 July 1965.

History

References

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226458343

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NIMMITABEL – Our historic village – Welcome to the community website for the village of Nimmitabel, New South Wales.. en-US. 2019-09-07.
  2. KG McQueen "The Tertiary Geology And Geomorphology Of The Monaro: The Perspective In 1994" http://regolith.org.au/docs/cars/carspub2.pdf Centre For Australian Regolith Studies, Canberra 1994
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=zCm5aNkafSYC&dq=mixed+movies+blattner&pg=PA235 "America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies" - Google Books