Bethungra, New South Wales

Town in New South Wales, Australia

34°46′0″S 147°51′0″E / 34.76667°S 147.85000°E / -34.76667; 147.85000Population164 (2016 census)^[1]Postcode(s)2590Elevation310 m (1,017 ft)Location

400 km (249 mi) from Sydney
70 km (43 mi) from Wagga Wagga
24 km (15 mi) from Cootamundra
10 km (6 mi) from Illabo^[2]

LGA(s)Junee ShireCounty Clarendon State electorate(s)Cootamundra Federal division(s)Riverina

Bethungra is a locality in Junee Shire in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia situated on the Olympic Highway about 13 kilometres northeast of Illabo and 24 kilometres southwest of Cootamundra.^[3]

History

Bethungra Post Office opened on 1 December 1875.^[4]

Just to the north of the town lies the Bethungra Spiral, a rail spiral built on the Main South railway line to ease the gradients when the line was duplicated between 1941 and 1946. A railway station was located in the town between 1878 and the 1980s, and has now been demolished.^[5]

In 1885, an accident occurred near Bethungra when a train derailed at a washed away culvert, killing five persons.

Heritage listings

Bethungra has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Main Southern railway: Bethungra Spiral^[6]

Gallery

Bethungra Hotel aka Hotel Shirley
Bethungra Spiral
Overpass just south of Bethungra Spiral

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bethungra (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Bethungra". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 6 February 2021.
^ Bethungra station. NSWrail.net, accessed 29 August 2009.
^ "Bethungra Spiral". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01026. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.