Nimmitabel

Nimmitabel
New South Wales

Looking south through the town along the highway
Nimmitabel
Coordinates 36°30′0″S 149°17′0″E / 36.50000°S 149.28333°E / -36.50000; 149.28333Coordinates: 36°30′0″S 149°17′0″E / 36.50000°S 149.28333°E / -36.50000; 149.28333
Population 237 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 2631
Elevation 1,075 m (3,527 ft)
Location
  • 435 km (270 mi) SSW of Sydney
  • 152 km (94 mi) S of Canberra
  • 37 km (23 mi) SE of Cooma
  • 75 km (47 mi) W of Bega
LGA(s) Cooma-Monaro Shire
State electorate(s) Monaro
Federal Division(s) Eden-Monaro
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
15.6 °C
60 °F		 3.4 °C
38 °F		 687.6 mm
27.1 in

Nimmitabel is a small town in the Monaro region in southeast New South Wales, Australia, in the Cooma-Monaro Shire local government area. At the 2006 census, Nimmitabel had a population of 237.[1]

The town is 37 kilometres (23 mi) south of Cooma and 75 kilometres (47 mi) 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 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the Wadbilliga National Park.

Nimmitabel means "the place where many waters start or divide" in the local Aboriginal language.[2] Many various spellings were adopted for the town, including: Nimmitybelle, Nimithybale, Nimitybell, Nimity Belle and Nimmitabel.

The area around Nimmitabel has the only true chernozem soil in Australia, a very rich, fertile and dark colored soil.[3]

History

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Nimmitabel (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Nimmitabel". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  3. ↑ KG McQueen "The Tertiary Geology And Geomorphology Of The Monaro: The Perspective In 1994" Centre For Australian Regolith Studies, Canberra 1994
  4. ↑ "America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies" - Google Books, John Howard Reid, pub. Lulu.com, March 2006. ISBN 9781411678774, p.241

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