Stockinbingal

34°30′0″S 147°53′0″E / 34.50000°S 147.88333°E / -34.50000; 147.88333Population374 (2016 census)^[1]Postcode(s)2725Elevation303 m (994 ft)Location

• 388 km (241 mi) SW of Sydney
• 102 km (63 mi) NE of Wagga Wagga
• 22 km (14 mi) NW of Cootamundra
• 34 km (21 mi) E of Temora

LGA(s)Gundagai CouncilCountyBlandState electorate(s)CootamundraFederal division(s)Hume

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

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.^[3]

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

• Stockinbingal–Parkes railway line
• Stockinbingal railway station

Gallery

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

References

External links

Media related to Stockinbingal at Wikimedia Commons