Cunninyeuk, New South Wales

Cunninyeuk is a locality in the Murray River Council, New South Wales, Australia.^[2]

Cunninyeuk New South Wales
Cunninyeuk Location in New South Wales
Coordinates	35°15′S 143°55′E
Population	24 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	2734
Location	55 km (34 mi) from Moulamein 35 km (22 mi) from Dilpurra
LGA(s)	Murray River Council
County	Wakool
State electorate(s)	Murray
Federal division(s)	Farrer

Geography

Cunninyeuk is in the western part of the Riverina and situated about 35 kilometres (22 mi) by road east of Dilpurra and 55 kilometres (34 mi) south west of Moulamein.

Heritage listings

Gee Gee Bridge was a heritage-listed bridge on Nooroon Road over the Wakool River connecting Cunninyeuk with neighbouring Wetuppa.^[3] However it was delisted from the heritage register on 2 March 2018^[4] to allow a new bridge to be built to replace it as part of the Roads & Maritime Services Timber Truss Bridge Strategy. Work commenced in September 2018 with the new bridge opening in May 2020.^[5][6]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cunninyeuk (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Cunninyeuk". New South Wales Geographical Names Board. Archived from the original on 9 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
3. "Gee Gee Bridge over Wakool River (under consideration for removal)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01469. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
4. "Minister's decisions on heritage listings". Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
5. "Gee Gee Bridge replacement". Roads & Maritime Services. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
6. New Gee Gee Bridge opens to traffic ahead of schedule Transport for NSW 1 May 2020