If you are following the “Lambie Walk’, which I referred to my first Cooma review, the next and last section of the walk covers three churches. If churches are not your thing you can head down Sharp Street to the town centre having visited the Southern Cloud Memorial. Continue reading “Cooma’s Boom Time Churches”
Fine Public Buildings and a Gaol Museum in Cooma
With the discovery of gold at nearby Kiandra in 1859 and a resultant gold rush starting in 1860 – short-lived though it was – Cooma rapidly expanded from a minor settlement. Between 1851 and 1911 the population grew from 47 to 2,330. Continue reading “Fine Public Buildings and a Gaol Museum in Cooma”
Gundagai Court House
The majestic fine classical Gundagai Court House, built in 1859 (clock added in 1877), is without doubt the most imposing building in Gundagai, due both to the quality of the building itself and to its elevated site giving it a dominating presence above the town’s main street. Continue reading “Gundagai Court House”
Lambing Flat Chinese Tribute Garden
In 1860 around 2000 Chinese prospectors were drawn to Young, lured by the possibility of making their fortunes in the goldfields. Within months gold reserves were dwindling and European miners, resentful of the well organised and successful Chinese miners, banded together to drive Chinese prospectors out of town. See my Reading the Riot Act review for more detail on the shocking treatment meted out to the Chinese at this time. Continue reading “Lambing Flat Chinese Tribute Garden”
Young – Cherry Capital Of Australia
Young is a small town of around 7,000 in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales – less than two hours’ drive from Canberra and four hours from Sydney. It is, today, the self proclaimed ‘Cherry Capital of Australia’. Continue reading “Young – Cherry Capital Of Australia”
The Rambling Wombat 