Nimmitabel

Nimmitabel is a small town in the Monaro region in southeast New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area. At the 2016 census, Nimmitabel had a population of 320.[1]

Nimmitabel
New South Wales
The main street of Nimmitabel, 2010
Nimmitabel
Coordinates36°30′0″S 149°17′0″E
Population320 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2631
Elevation1,075 m (3,527 ft)
Location
  • 435 km (270 mi) SSW of Sydney
  • 152 km (94 mi) S of Canberra
  • 37 km (23 mi) SE of Cooma
  • 75 km (47 mi) W of Bega
LGA(s)Snowy Monaro Regional Council
State electorate(s)Monaro
Federal Division(s)Eden-Monaro
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
15.6 °C
60 °F		 3.4 °C
38 °F		 687.6 mm
27.1 in

Etymology

Nimmitabel means "the place where many waters start or divide" in the local Aboriginal language.[2] Many various spellings were adopted for the town, including: Nimmytabell (1837), Nimmitabool (1841), Nimmittybel (1844), Nimmitabel(1845), Nimmitybelle, Nimithybale,Nymytable (all in 1848), Nimmitabil(1851), Nimitabille and Nimithy Bell(1856), Nimaty-Bell(1857), Nimmitabel(1858)[3]

Geography

The town is 37 kilometres (23 mi) south of Cooma and 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of Bega. Nimmitabel is on a stretch of highway shared between the Snowy Mountains Highway (HWY B72) and the Monaro Highway (HWY B23). It is on the southern end of the Great Dividing Range, at the west of the Monaro Range, and lies 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the Wadbilliga National Park. The area around Nimmitabel has the only true chernozem soil in Australia, a very rich, fertile and dark colored soil.[4]

Climate

Nimmitabel has a cool maritime climate (Köppen Cfb) with mild summers and cold, frosty winters, with evenly-spread mild rainfall throughout the year. Frosts occur regularly during autumn, winter and spring, and occasionally occur even in summer, as on 20 December 1967 when the temperate fell in the morning to −2.2 °C or 28 °F. Because of its elevation and southerly latitude, several snowfalls can be expected each year from May to September; occasionally, snow flurries may even occur in March (early autumn) or December (early summer). It is decently sunny, with 102.2 clear days annually.

Climate data for Nimmitabel, NSW (Wastewater Treatment Facility); 1,075 metres or 3,527 feet AMSL; 36° 26′ 14.28″ S
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 37.2
(99.0)		 38.3
(100.9)		 31.7
(89.1)		 25.6
(78.1)		 23.9
(75.0)		 17.2
(63.0)		 14.5
(58.1)		 18.7
(65.7)		 25.6
(78.1)		 26.1
(79.0)		 31.1
(88.0)		 34.4
(93.9)		 38.3
(100.9)
Average high °C (°F) 22.8
(73.0)		 22.6
(72.7)		 20.2
(68.4)		 15.7
(60.3)		 11.6
(52.9)		 8.3
(46.9)		 7.7
(45.9)		 9.4
(48.9)		 12.8
(55.0)		 16.0
(60.8)		 18.6
(65.5)		 21.6
(70.9)		 15.6
(60.1)
Average low °C (°F) 8.5
(47.3)		 8.9
(48.0)		 6.7
(44.1)		 3.6
(38.5)		 0.9
(33.6)		 −1.2
(29.8)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 −1.3
(29.7)		 0.7
(33.3)		 3.1
(37.6)		 5.2
(41.4)		 7.4
(45.3)		 3.4
(38.1)
Record low °C (°F) −1.1
(30.0)		 −1.1
(30.0)		 −2.1
(28.2)		 −3.3
(26.1)		 −7.2
(19.0)		 −8.7
(16.3)		 −9.9
(14.2)		 −10.5
(13.1)		 −8.7
(16.3)		 −6.6
(20.1)		 −3.9
(25.0)		 −2.2
(28.0)		 −10.5
(13.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 68.2
(2.69)		 59.3
(2.33)		 59.5
(2.34)		 48.7
(1.92)		 51.5
(2.03)		 66.9
(2.63)		 50.1
(1.97)		 45.7
(1.80)		 49.1
(1.93)		 58.1
(2.29)		 61.7
(2.43)		 67.7
(2.67)		 686.5
(27.03)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) 7.6 7.5 7.9 7.6 8.6 9.8 9.0 9.0 9.4 9.5 9.0 8.6 103.5
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatment Facility

History
  • 1840 Locals started calling the village Nimoitebool
  • 1845 Appears on Townsend's map as Nimmitabel
  • 1858 Church was built
  • 1857 Renewal of licence for hotel
  • 1858 Post office arrives
  • 1861 Bell's Store
  • 1863 Separate Courthouse built
  • 1865 Geldmacher builds windmill
  • 1866 Cameron's Store opens
  • 1869 Nimmitabel Public School opens
  • 1912 Railway arrives
  • 1921 Area's first saw-mill opens
  • 1959 Used as location for multi-Oscar nominated film The Sundowners[5]
  • 1986 Railway closes
  • Geldmacher's windmill tower at Nimmitabel
  • The concrete elephant “George” at the Nimmitabel Bakery
  • Nimmitabel railway station 21 years after the last train

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Nimmitabel (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. "Nimmitabel". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  3. "NIMMITABEL – Our historic village – Welcome to the community website for the village of Nimmitabel, New South Wales". Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  4. KG McQueen "The Tertiary Geology And Geomorphology Of The Monaro: The Perspective In 1994" Centre For Australian Regolith Studies, Canberra 1994
  5. "America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies" - Google Books, John Howard Reid, pub. Lulu.com, March 2006. ISBN 9781411678774, p.241

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