Tomboye

Tomboye is a locality in the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the north side of the Mongarlowe River on the road from Braidwood to Nowra about 28 km north of Braidwood and 93 km southwest of Nowra.^[2][3] At the 2016 census, it had a population of 40.^[4] It consists mainly of forest and grazing country.

Tomboye New South Wales
Tomboye Location in New South Wales
Coordinates	35°14′57″S 149°58′02″E
Population	36 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	2622
Elevation	626 m (2,054 ft)
Location	28 km (17 mi) NE of Braidwood 93 km (58 mi) SW of Nowra 90 km (56 mi) SE of Goulburn 118 km (73 mi) E of Canberra 257 km (160 mi) SSW of Sydney
LGA(s)	Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
Region	Southern Tablelands
County	St Vincent
Parish	Tomboye
State electorate(s)	Monaro
Federal division(s)	Eden-Monaro
Localities around Tomboye: Oallen Oallen Wog Wog Oallen Tomboye Wog Wog Marlowe Marlowe Charleys Forest

Tomboye had a "half-time" school from 1867 to 1879. Up to June 1893, it was called Jamboye school.^[5]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tomboye (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Tomboye". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
3. "Tomboye". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tomboye". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
5. "Tomboye in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

Mongarlowe River looking east with Tomboye on the left and Marlowe on the right