Bowning

Postcode: 2582

Bowning is a small town in the Southern Tablelands, 14 km west of Yass on the Hume Highway in Yass Valley Shire. Bowning is an aboriginal word meaning big hill.

Nearby Bowning Hill is 796 metres above sea level and Hume and Hovell mentioned it in their 1824 journal. Bowning was one of the earliest settlements in the district. The railway was completed to Bowning in 1876; Bowning station closed in 1992.

Historic buildings include the Troopers Cottage on the Binalong Road and the old Cobb and Co Coaching Station in Bogolong Street. The coaching station was built sometime between 1850 and 1870. The original local school was amongst the earliest established schools in inland New South Wales, founded in 1849, but now replaced.

The village grew during the laying of the railway in 1876, serviced town for supplies during building of Burrinjuck Dam.

On the left as you enter Bowning from Yass is the Catholic Church. The stone for this church was laid on 24th October, 1909. A short distance on is St James Anglican Church, built in 1879.

Other historic buildings include the “Troopers Cottage” on the Binalong Road and the old Cobb & Co Coaching Station in Bogolong Street. The coaching station was built sometime between 1850 and 1870. The local school was amongst the earliest established schools in inland New South Wales. It was founded in 1849. The office administration building is original, though surrounded by new architecture.

When the railway line came through in the 1870’s, coaching inns declined. The introduction of a railway would have seen a rise in the population as fettlers made their homes in the village. Bowing Railway Station was built in 1876 and closed in 1992. The Commercial Hotel was built in the 1870’s.

On the outskirts of the village is Bowning Hill with an altitude of 796 metres above sea level. Reference was made to the outstanding landmark in the Journal of Hume & Hovell during the journey of exploration in 1824.

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