Stockinbingal Explained

Type:town
Stockinbingal
State:nsw
Coordinates:-34.5°N 147.8833°W
Lga:Gundagai Council
Postcode:2725
Pop:374
Elevation:303
County:Bland
Stategov:Cootamundra
Fedgov:Hume
Dist1:388
Dir1:SW
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:102
Dir2:NE
Location2:Wagga Wagga
Dist3:22
Dir3:NW
Location3:Cootamundra
Dist4:34
Dir4:E
Location4:Temora

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, Stockinbingal had a population of 374.

Stockinbingal Post Office opened on 16 May 1891.

Railways

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.[1]

Yeo Yeo

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Stockinbingal&line=NSW:stockinbingal_parkes:0 NSWRail.Net