Towamba, New South Wales

Towamba River

Towamba is a small community, in New South Wales, Australia in Bega Valley Shire. It is located about forty minutes' drive west of Eden. At the 2006 census, Towamba had a population of 367 people.^[1]

Along with settlements such as Burragate, Pericoe, Rocky Hall and Kiah, Towamba was one of the settlements established after Benjamin Boyd began to open up the area to European settlement in the 1840s and 1850s.

School Application

This small community has had a public school since 1862 located in Towamba Street. The original ford crossing the Towamba River was opposite the old Police Station, now a private dwelling. The first bridge built across the river was swept away in the 1919 floods where every bridge on the river was swept away.

In 1889, following a cricket match at Millpoint Pass, when Towamba defeated nearby Pericoe, members of the losing team returned with guns to set about killing the victors. A reliable account of what occurred is unavailable, a painting by William Laing at the Eden Killer Whale Museum provides, at least, a record of this (supposed) bizarre event.

Towamba remains a small service centre for the neighbouring agricultural community.

Notes and references

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Towamba (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 February 2010.

South Coast, New South Wales

Cities	Nowra

Townships	Basin View Batehaven Batemans Bay Bawley Point Bega Bemboka Bendalong Bermagui Berry Bodalla Boydtown Broulee Burrill Lake Callala Bay Candelo Cobargo Congo Culburra Beach Dalmeny Eden Fishermans Paradise Greenwell Point Huskisson Hyams Beach Kianga Kioloa Lake Conjola Malua Bay Manyana Merimbula Milton Mogo Mollymook Moruya Mystery Bay Narooma Narrawallee Nelligen Nerrigundah Pambula Pambula Beach Potato Point Pyree Quaama Rosedale Sanctuary Point South Durras St Georges Basin Sussex Inlet Tabourie Lake Tathra Tilba Tomakin Tomerong Towamba Tura Beach Tuross Head Ulladulla Vincentia Wandandian Wolumla Wonboyn

Local government areas	Bega Valley Shire Eurobodalla Shire City of Shoalhaven Jervis Bay Territory

National parks	Ben Boyd Bournda Biamanga Budawang Clyde River Conjola Deua Eurobodalla Gulaga Jerrawangala Kooraban Mimosa Rocks Monga Morton Mount Imlay Murramarang South East Forest Wadbilliga

Rivers and other waterbodies	Bega Bemboka Bermagui Bimberamala Brogo Buckenbowra Clyde Deua Dry Genoa Merrica Moruya Murrah Nadgee Nullica Nunnock Pambula Queens Pound Shoalhaven St Georges Basin Tomaga Towamba Tuross Wadbilliga Wallagaraugh White Rock Wog Wog Lake Wollumboola Wonboyn Yadboro Yowaka Yowrie

Coordinates: 37°05′S 149°41′E / 37.083°S 149.683°E / -37.083; 149.683

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