Bethungra,_New_South_Wales Knowpia

Bethungra
New South Wales
Bethungra; New South Wales
	Entering Bethungra
	Bethungra
Coordinates	34°46′0″S 147°51′0″E / 34.76667°S 147.85000°E
Population	164 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	2590
Elevation	310 m (1,017 ft)
Location	400 km (249 mi) from Sydney ; 70 km (43 mi) from Wagga Wagga ; 24 km (15 mi) from Cootamundra ; 10 km (6 mi) from Illabo ;
LGA(s)	Junee Shire
County	Clarendon
State electorate(s)	Cootamundra
Federal division(s)	Riverina

Bethungra is a locality in Junee Shire in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia situated on the Olympic Highway about 13 kilometres northeast of Illabo and 24 kilometres southwest of Cootamundra.^[3]

History edit

Bethungra Post Office opened on 1 December 1875.^[4]

Just to the north of the town lies the Bethungra Spiral, a rail spiral built on the Main South railway line to ease the gradients when the line was duplicated between 1941 and 1946. A railway station was located in the town between 1878 and the 1980s, and has now been demolished.^[5]

In 1885, an accident occurred near Bethungra when a train derailed at a washed away culvert, killing five persons.

Heritage listings edit

Bethungra has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Main Southern railway: Bethungra Spiral^[6]

Gallery edit

Bethungra Hotel aka Hotel Shirley
Bethungra Spiral
Overpass just south of Bethungra Spiral

References edit

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bethungra (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Bethungra". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 6 February 2021.
^ Bethungra station. NSWrail.net, accessed 29 August 2009.
^ "Bethungra Spiral". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01026. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.