Monga, New South Wales
Appearance
Monga is a locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Region, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] It lies on the Kings Highway at the top of the Clyde Mountain, about 110 km east of Canberra and 22 km southeast of Braidwood. A large part of the locality forms part of the Monga National Park. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 14.[1] It had a "provisional" school from 1947 to 1955 and a "public" school from 1955 to 1971.[4]
Nearby Mongarlowe, which in the 19th century was a much bigger settlement, was called Monga until 1891.[5]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Monga". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Monga". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Monga". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Monga school (2) in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ Information sign at Mongarlowe