Talbingo, New South Wales

Talbingo
New South Wales
Talbingo; New South Wales
	Overlooking the Talbingo golf course towards Jounama Dam (December 2005)
	Talbingo
Coordinates	35°34′0″S 148°18′0″E / 35.56667°S 148.30000°E
Population	224 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)	2720
Elevation	410 m (1,345 ft)
Location	454 km (282 mi) SW of Sydney
LGA(s)	Snowy Valleys Council
County	Wallace
State electorate(s)	Wagga Wagga
Federal division(s)	Eden-Monaro

Talbingo is a small town in New South Wales, Australia at the edge of the Snowy Mountains on the Snowy Mountains Highway. The town is 410 metres above sea level. It is on the Tumut River, which has been inundated by Jounama Pondage.

Talbingo resident Jack Bridle, whose family were early European settlers of the area, suggests the name to be a corruption of the English word "tall" and the Aboriginal words "Binji", "Binge" or "Bingo" meaning belly. Mount Talbingo resembles the big belly of a man lying down.

History

The Talbingo Run of 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) was established by William Bridle (1827–1922)^[2] in 1850.^[3]

Talbingo Post Office opened on 6 June 1898 and closed in 1913 before reopening in 1965 in its new location.^[4] The original township was flooded under Jounama Pondage in 1968. The town was moved to make way for the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme.

Before the move, Talbingo consisted of a hotel, the station and its homestead. There was also a service station and some holiday cabins. It was a small settlement and only five families were displaced by the move.

Talbingo station was the birthplace of author Miles Franklin. The station belonged to her relatives, the Lampes, until the 1940s.

Snowy Mountains Scheme

Jounama Pondage was completed in 1968. Jounama Dam is a rockfill dam, 43.9m tall, with a crest length of 518.2m and an embankment volume of 554,500 cubic metres.^[5] The modern township of Talbingo is located on the shores of Jounama and construction of the dam flooded the historic valley and Talbingo township below, which was the birthplace of author Miles Franklin and location of the Talbingo Hotel.^[6]

Present status

Talbingo grew rapidly while Tumut 3 power station was built, and now has a service station, golf course, motel, primary school, general store, country club, ski hire shop, Tourist Park and the lodge has been refurbished and now has accommodation and a restaurant. The caravan park has cabins, camp grounds and amenities, including camp kitchen.

Tourism is the lifeblood of the village. Many families stop by every summer for water skiing on Talbingo or Blowering Dam, bushwalking and exploring Kosciuszko National Park. In the winter, Talbingo becomes a hub for those visiting Selwyn Snowfields and other ski fields.

The Church of St Paul, at 50 Lampe St, Talbingo, was built by the Snowy Mountains Authority as a multi-faith Christian church, and was opened and consecrated by representatives of the Catholic, Anglican, and Presbyterian faiths on 23 April 1967. Apart from the tall windows behind the lectern and altar, which give a view to the lake and mountains, it is largely unadorned. Traditional pews seat approximately 400 people.

Gallery

Church of St Paul
Memorial wall detail
Inside the church
Wall hanging
Miles Franklin Park

References

^ https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL13745 ABS 2021
^ "Obituary". The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser. No. 7110. New South Wales, Australia. 16 May 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 13 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Crown Lands Beyond the Settled Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 77. New South Wales, Australia. 19 June 1850. p. 944. Retrieved 13 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 11 June 2009.
^ "Snowy Hydro - Hydro Generation - Snowy Mountains Scheme - Dams". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
^ "Talbingo". The Age. 8 February 2004.

Bridle, Jack (1979). My Mountain Country Talbingo: The Story of Its History, the Aborigines, Hume and Hovell, the Kiandra Gold Rush, Early Settlers, Miles Franklin, Talbingo Pub, and the Snowy Scheme. Talbingo Miles Franklin Memorial Committee. ISBN 0-9595285-0-4.
McHugh, Siobhan (1989). The Snowy:the people behind the power. William Heinemann Australia. pp. 223–7. ISBN 0-85561-337-8.
"Sydney-Talbingo". Google Maps. 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
"Things to do in Talbingo". 2009.

External links

Media related to Talbingo, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons

[ABS_QuickStats-1] ttps://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL13745 ABS 2021

[2] "Obituary". The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser. No. 7110. New South Wales, Australia. 16 May 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 13 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Crown Lands Beyond the Settled Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 77. New South Wales, Australia. 19 June 1850. p. 944. Retrieved 13 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[PostOffice-4] Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 11 June 2009.

[5] "Snowy Hydro - Hydro Generation - Snowy Mountains Scheme - Dams". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

[6] "Talbingo". The Age. 8 February 2004.

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