Australian Geographic – July-August 2019

Temora , NSW

Temora is 280m above

sea level and located 423km

south-west of Sydney via

the Hume Motorway and

Burley Griffin Way.

sea level and located 423km

south-west of Sydney via

the Hume Motorway and

TEMORA

Located almost halfway between Sydney and Melbourne, this 19h

gold-rush settlement continues today as a vital rural service cen

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  during the gold-rush era following

the 1869 discovery of the precious metal there.

By 1881 the local goldfield was producing half the

state’s gold, and the town’s population had passed 20,000,

most of whom were miners. With the railway arriving in

1893, the town grew into an important rail centre, being in a

prosperous wheat and sheep district. It has one of the state’s

largest inland grain storage terminals and a major agricultural

research station. It’s well known as a centre for harness racing

with numerous trotting studs in the district. Today it’s also

famous for its outstanding Temora Aviation Museum and

popular air shows, which occur regularly and provide an

opportunity to see the museum’s historic planes in flight.

Find the Temora Visitor

Information Centre at

29 Junee Road

or call 02 6980 1221.

Visit temora.com.au

or destinationnsw.com.au

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Bruce Elder’s Aussie Towns

PHOTO CREDIT: GAVIN CONROY

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In 1880 a town site was
proclaimed as Watsonforde,
after the Colonial Treasurer,
James Watson. However, the
settlement was already known
as Temora and, at the request
of the locals and Watson,
it was officially
changed.

Origin

of name

Sydney

Temora

NSW

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i Temora Visitor

Information Centre

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Temora

Hospital

Showground

and Trotting

Track

Nixon Park

Soccer

Ground

The Recreation

Ground

Burley Gri n Way

Victoria St

Burley Gri n Way

Goldfi elds Way

Hoskins St

Lo us St

Milvale Rd

Oak St

Mansfi eld Rd

Cedar StVesper St

Lawson Rd

Truskett St

Polaris St Anzac St

Parkes St

Deakin St

Bundawarrah Rd

Bartondale Rd

Airport St

Trungley Hall Rd

Wattle St

Narraburra St

Evatt St

Chifl ey St

Kitchener Rd

Delavan St

Goldfi elds Way

Britannia St Old Cootamundra Rd

North St

Lo us St

Narraburra St

Eucalypt St

NSW

Located almost halfway between Sydney and Melbourne, this 19th-century

gold-rush settlement continues today as a vital rural service centre.

The Aviation

Museum’s

CAC Boomerang

Deakin StDeakin St

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