Cumbamurra, New South Wales

Cumbamurra, New South Wales is a civil parish of Harden County, New South Wales.^[1][2][3]

Cumbamurra.

Cumbamurra, New South Wales is located at 34.631667s,148.434444e on Jugiong Creek, a tributary of the Murrumbidgee River. Cumbamurra is on Burley Griffin Way between Harden and Binalong, New South Wales.

There was a planned village of the same name, which once had a school. The village's site was on the right bank of Rocky Ponds Creek, a tributary of Jugiong Creek that was previously known as Spring Creek, at the location of the creek crossing of the main road from Binalong to Harden.^[4][5][6] The site for the village was reserved in 1865.^[7]

References

1. Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices (Sydney :J. Sands, [1886) Map 11.
2. "Harden County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
3. County of Cowley and Co. Buccleuch New South Wales, 1871 map, County of Cowley and Co. Buccleuch New South Wales, 1871 map.
4. "Village of Cumbamurra and adjoining lands [cartographic material] : Parish - Cumbamurra, County - Harden, Land District - Boorowa, Shire - Demondrille : within Division - Eastern N.S.W. ..." Trove. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
5. "34°36'02.5"S 148°28'22.7"E · Cunningar NSW 2587, Australia". Google Maps. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
6. "Cumbamurra". Burrowa News. 7 July 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
7. "SITE FOR A VILLAGE". New South Wales Government Gazette. 14 February 1865. p. 381. Retrieved 29 May 2022.