Bethungra

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Bethungra
New South Wales
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Bethungra is located in New South Wales
Bethungra
Bethungra
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Population 414 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 2590
Elevation 310 m (1,017 ft)
Location
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 Way about 13 kilometres northeast of Illabo and 24 kilometres southwest of Cootamundra.[3]

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 1888, an accident occurred near Bethungra when a train derailed at a washed away culvert, killing five persons[citation needed].

Gallery

  • Bethungra Hotel aka Hotel Shirley

  • Bethungra Spiral

  • Overpass just south of Bethungra Spiral

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Travelmate
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Bethungra station. NSWrail.net, accessed 29 August 2009.

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station   NSW Main lines   Following station
towards Albury
 Main Southern Line
towards Sydney
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