Stockinbingal

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 2016 census, Stockinbingal had a population of 374.[1]

Stockinbingal
New South Wales
Main Street of Stockinbingal
Stockinbingal
Coordinates34°30′0″S 147°53′0″E
Population374 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2725
Elevation303 m (994 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Gundagai Council
CountyBland
State electorate(s)Cootamundra
Federal Division(s)Hume

Stockinbingal Post Office opened on 16 May 1891.[2]

Railways

It 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 as a result 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.[3]

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 km from town on the road to Wallendbeen.

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See also
  • Commercial Hotel, Stockinbingal
  • Former Bank of New South Wales
  • Former Stockinbingal Hotel
  • Old schoolhouse in Yeo Yeo district, now a farm outbuilding

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Stockinbingal (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 June 2009
  3. NSWRail.Net

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