Bowning is a small town in the
Southern Tablelands
The Southern Tablelands is a geographic area of New South Wales, Australia, located south-west of Sydney and west of the Great Dividing Range.
The area is characterised by high, flat country which has generally been extensively cleared and ...
, west of
Yass on the
Hume Highway in
Yass Valley Shire. Bowning is an
aboriginal word meaning 'big hill'. At the , Bowning and the surrounding area had a population of 573.
Nearby Bowning Hill is and
Hume and Hovell
The Hume and Hovell expedition was a journey of exploration undertaken in eastern Australia. In 1824 the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane, commissioned Hamilton Hume and former Royal Navy Captain William Hovell to lead an exped ...
mentioned it in their 1824 journal. Bowning was one of the earliest settlements in the district.
Historic buildings include the ''Troopers Cottage'' on the Binalong Road and the old
Cobb and Co
Cobb & Co was the name used by many successful sometimes quite independent Australian coaching businesses. The first was established in 1853 by American Freeman Cobb and his partners. The name Cobb & Co grew to great prominence in the late 19t ...
Coaching Station in Bogolong Street. The coaching station was built sometime between 1850 and 1870. The original local school was amongst the earliest established schools in inland New South Wales, founded in 1849, but now replaced.
Railway
Bowning railway station is on the
Main South railway line, and opened in 1876 consisting of two island platforms.
Bowning Railway Station
NSWrail.net. Accessed 9 April 2008. The station closed in 1992; however, the structure is still largely intact with a double storey station building on the down platform (now a local craft shop).
Heritage listings
Bowning has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Main Southern railway: Bowning railway station
Gallery
Part of Bowning Township.jpg, Part of Bowning township.
Commercial Hotel - Bowning.jpg, The Commercial Hotel.
References
External links
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Towns in New South Wales
Southern Tablelands
Yass Valley Council
Hume Highway