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Coolac, New South Wales

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Coolac
Town
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Coolac Hotel, 2006
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Coolac
Coordinates: 34°55′0″S148°09′0″E / 34.91667°S 148.15000°E / -34.91667; 148.15000
Country Australia
State New South Wales
LGA
Location
Established1824
Government
 •  State electorate
 •  Federal division
Elevation
308 m (1,010 ft)
Population
 • Total244 (2021 census) [2]
Postcode
2727
County Harden
Mean max temp22.5 °C (72.5 °F)
Mean min temp9.1 °C (48.4 °F)
Annual rainfall636.2 mm (25.05 in) [3]

Coolac is a village in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia in Gundagai Council. At the 2021 census, Coolac had a population of 244. [2]

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History

Windmill Cottage, Coolac, 2007 WindmillCottageCoolac.jpg
Windmill Cottage, Coolac, 2007

The name Coolac is derived from the local Aboriginal name for a plant which was abundant in the area, and also from the Aboriginal word meaning "native bear". [4]

Coolac post office was opened on 1 June 1870. [5] Coolac railway station was opened in June 1886, with the construction of a branch line from Cootamundra, which was eventually extended to Tumut. The station was closed in the 1970s. [6]

The 11-kilometre section of the Hume Highway at Coolac was the last two-lane section of Hume Highway between Sydney and the Sturt Highway interchange. In the mid-1980s, plans were drawn-up for the Coolac bypass, and a review of environmental factors was completed in 1997. Howver, construction did not commence until May 2007 with the project completed in August 2009. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Bald Archy

The satirical Bald Archy art competition (a parody of the name of the more prestigious Archibald Prize), was inaugurated by Peter Batey in 1994 at the Coolac Festival of Fun. The home of the competition is now the Museum of the Riverina in Wagga Wagga, and it also travels to Sydney and Melbourne for exhibition once Maude the Cockatoo, the official judge, selects the winning entries each year.

Coolac Geological Site

The Coolac Geological Site, 48 kilometres (30 mi) north-east of Coolac, is the best-known example in Australia of a substantial ophiolite assemblage. The distinctive rock assemblage, covering 130 hectares (320 acres), provides insights into events in the continental evolution of eastern Australia. [14] [15] The rocks were part of the oceanic crust and mantle, not normally exposed on the Earth's surface. The rock from the mantle is called Coolac Serpentinite.

References

  1. ↑ "Gundagai to Coolac". Google Maps.
  2. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Coolac". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 April 2024. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "Summary statistics Gundagai (William Str)". Bureau of Meteorology. Commonwealth of Australia. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Coolac". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List" . Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  6. ↑ Bozier, Rolfe. "Coolac Station". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  7. ↑ $179 million Coolac Bypass officially opens Archived 2011-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ ABC 2009 finish date for Hume Highway work
  9. ↑ Work begins on bypassing Hume Hwy black spot ABC Riverina
  10. ↑ Coolac Bypass Abigroup
  11. ↑ Coolac bypass construction officially begins Quote: "Mrs Hull said the project has been fully funded by the Australian Government at a cost of $179 million and the 12 kilometre bypass and four-kilometre highway upgrade is due to be open in November 2009. "
  12. ↑ Gundagai bridge to open this month: RTA ABC Riverina
  13. ↑ "Coolac Bypass". Roads & Traffic Authority. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  14. ↑ Australian Government Department Transport and Regional Services, Segment 1.4 Wagga to Yass Archived 2006-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ for example, abstract of article in GeoScience World Tectonic significance of 400 Ma zircon ages for ophiolitic rocks from the Lachlan fold belt, eastern Australia and an article in the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales entitled Hydrothermal Ca-Al Silicates in Ophiolitic Rocks near Coolac, N.S.W. Archived 2006-11-04 at the Wayback Machine

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