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Cooma has a dry [[oceanic climate]] (''Cfb''). Summer averages are warm, though tend to swing wildly between hot and cool; and winters are chilly with particularly cold night time temperatures due to its valley location, high elevation, and frequent clear skies, sometimes recording the lowest temperatures in the country. However, daytime maximum temperatures in winter are often unremarkable, on account of the [[Southeast Australian foehn|foehn effect]].
Cooma has a dry [[oceanic climate]] (''Cfb''). Summer averages are warm, though tend to swing wildly between hot and cool; and winters are chilly with particularly cold night time temperatures due to its valley location, high elevation, and frequent clear skies, sometimes recording the lowest temperatures in the country. However, daytime maximum temperatures in winter are often unremarkable, on account of the [[Southeast Australian foehn|foehn effect]].


The area is exceptionally dry by southeast coastal Australian standards as it lies in a major [[rain shadow]]; the region is flanked by mountain ranges on all sides, most notably on the west. Despite its dryness, it has only 90.1 clear days annually, lower than the adjacent coastal areas of [[Wollongong]] and [[Sydney]] (106 and 107 clear days respectively).<ref name=BOM_Woll>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_068188_All.shtml|title=Bureau of Meteorology – Summary statistics WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Meteorology]]|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="acn">{{cite web|title=Climate statistics for Australian locations|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_066062_All.shtml|publisher=Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref> Strong cold fronts often push through the region in winter and snow is not uncommon in Cooma from June to September, though is generally light and rarely settles for more than 24 hours. Frost occurs in all months of the year and is frequent between April and October. Severe [[thunderstorm]]s are semi-frequent in summer, and owing to the elevation of the town can carry large quantities of [[hail]].<ref name="BOM"/>
The area is exceptionally dry by southeast coastal Australian standards as it lies in a major [[rain shadow]]; the region is flanked by mountain ranges on all sides, most notably on the west. Despite its dryness, it has only 90.1 clear days annually, lower than the adjacent coastal areas of [[Wollongong]] and [[Sydney]] (106 and 107 clear days respectively).<ref name=BOM_Woll>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_068188_All.shtml|title=Bureau of Meteorology – Summary statistics WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Meteorology]]|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="acn">{{cite web|title=Climate statistics for Australian locations|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_066062_All.shtml|publisher=Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref> Strong cold fronts often push through the region in winter and snow is not uncommon in Cooma from June to September, though is generally light and rarely settles for more than 24 hours. Frost occurs in all months of the year and is frequent between April and October. Severe [[thunderstorm]]s are semi-frequent in summer, and owing to the elevation of the town can carry large quantities of [[hail]].<ref name="BOM">{{cite web
 
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_070278_All.shtml | title = Climate statistics for Cooma Visitors Centre| access-date = 10 July 2018
Mean daily minimum temperatures range from {{convert|-2.7|C|F}} (July) to {{convert|10.8|C|F}} (January), with an annual mean daily minimum of {{convert|4.1|C|F}}. Mean daily maximum temperatures range from {{convert|11.4|C|F}} (July) to {{convert|27.3|C|F}} (January), with an annual mean daily maximum of {{convert|19.4|C|F}}.<ref name="BOM"/>
| publisher = [[Bureau of Meteorology]]}}</ref>


{{Weather box
{{Weather box
|location = Cooma Visitors Centre (1973–2020); 778 m AMSL; 36.23° S, 149.12° E
|location = Cooma Visitors Centre (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1973–present); 778 m AMSL; 36.23° S, 149.12° E
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|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan record high C = 40.0
|Jan record high C = 40.0
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|Dec record high C = 37.8
|Dec record high C = 37.8
|year record high C =  
|year record high C =  
|Jan high C = 27.5
| Jan avg record high C = 36.2
|Feb high C = 26.3
| Feb avg record high C  = 33.7
|Mar high C = 23.7
| Mar avg record high C  = 30.2
|Apr high C = 19.5
| Apr avg record high C  = 25.6
|May high C = 15.6
| May avg record high C  = 21.2
|Jun high C = 11.9
| Jun avg record high C  = 16.7
|Jul high C = 11.5
| Jul avg record high C  = 15.9
|Aug high C = 13.3
| Aug avg record high C  = 19.3
|Sep high C = 16.4
| Sep avg record high C  = 23.5
|Oct high C = 19.6
| Oct avg record high C  = 27.4
|Nov high C = 22.5
| Nov avg record high C  = 30.9
|Dec high C = 25.2
| Dec avg record high C  = 32.9
|year high C =  
| year avg record high C = 36.7
|Jan low C = 10.9
| Jan high C  = 28.0
|Feb low C = 10.6
| Feb high C = 26.1
|Mar low C = 8.2
| Mar high C = 23.6
|Apr low C = 4.1
| Apr high C = 19.6
|May low C = 0.7
| May high C = 15.5
|Jun low C = -1.3
| Jun high C = 11.9
|Jul low C = -2.7
| Jul high C = 11.5
|Aug low C = -1.9
| Aug high C = 13.2
|Sep low C = 1.2
| Sep high C = 16.5
|Oct low C = 3.8
| Oct high C = 19.8
|Nov low C = 7.1
| Nov high C = 22.8
|Dec low C = 9.2
| Dec high C = 25.4
|year low C =
| year high C =
| Jan mean C  = 19.7
| Feb mean C  = 18.5
| Mar mean C  = 15.9
| Apr mean C  = 11.7
| May mean C  = 7.9
| Jun mean C  = 5.4
| Jul mean C  = 4.5
| Aug mean C  = 5.7
| Sep mean C  = 8.9
| Oct mean C  = 11.8
| Nov mean C  = 15.0
| Dec mean C  = 17.5
| year mean C =  
| Jan low C = 11.4
| Feb low C = 10.9
| Mar low C = 8.2
| Apr low C = 3.7
| May low C = 0.2
| Jun low C = -1.3
| Jul low C = -2.5
| Aug low C = -1.9
| Sep low C = 1.2
| Oct low C = 3.8
| Nov low C = 7.2
| Dec low C = 9.4
| year low C =
| Jan avg record low C  = 4.2
| Feb avg record low C  = 3.9
| Mar avg record low C  = 0.9
| Apr avg record low C  = -2.8
| May avg record low C  = -6.0
| Jun avg record low C  = -7.7
| Jul avg record low C  = -8.2
| Aug avg record low C  = -7.9
| Sep avg record low C  = -5.6
| Oct avg record low C  = -2.9
| Nov avg record low C  = 0.4
| Dec avg record low C  = 1.7
| year avg record low C = -9.2
|Jan record low C = -0.2
|Jan record low C = -0.2
|Feb record low C = -1.0
|Feb record low C = -1.0
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|Dec record low C = -3.0
|Dec record low C = -3.0
|year record low C =  
|year record low C =  
|Jan precipitation mm = 56.9
|rain colour = green
|Feb precipitation mm = 60.5
|Jan rain mm = 61.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 57.8
|Feb rain mm = 69.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 38.7
|Mar rain mm = 49.4
|May precipitation mm = 29.3
|Apr rain mm = 29.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 39.0
|May rain mm = 23.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 27.8
|Jun rain mm = 44.3
|Aug precipitation mm = 27.7
|Jul rain mm = 29.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 33.7
|Aug rain mm = 28.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 44.5
|Sep rain mm = 31.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 62.6
|Oct rain mm = 39.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 55.1
|Nov rain mm = 60.7
|year precipitation mm = 536.9
|Dec rain mm = 62.6
|Jan precipitation days = 8.0
|year rain mm =
|Feb precipitation days = 7.8
|Jan precipitation days = 6.3
|Mar precipitation days = 8.4
|Feb precipitation days = 6.6
|Apr precipitation days = 8.3
|Mar precipitation days = 5.4
|May precipitation days = 7.8
|Apr precipitation days = 4.5
|Jun precipitation days = 9.7
|May precipitation days = 3.8
|Jul precipitation days = 8.3
|Jun precipitation days = 4.9
|Aug precipitation days = 8.6
|Jul precipitation days = 5.0
|Sep precipitation days = 9.6
|Aug precipitation days = 5.2
|Oct precipitation days = 9.5
|Sep precipitation days = 5.9
|Nov precipitation days = 10.8
|Oct precipitation days = 6.3
|Dec precipitation days = 8.9
|Nov precipitation days = 7.8
|Dec precipitation days = 6.8
|year precipitation days =  
|year precipitation days =  
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|humidity colour= green
|Jan afthumidity = 40
|Jan afthumidity = 41
|Feb afthumidity = 44
|Feb afthumidity = 44
|Mar afthumidity = 45
|Mar afthumidity = 44
|Apr afthumidity = 49
|Apr afthumidity = 47
|May afthumidity = 54
|May afthumidity = 52
|Jun afthumidity = 59
|Jun afthumidity = 59
|Jul afthumidity = 54
|Jul afthumidity = 55
|Aug afthumidity = 48
|Aug afthumidity = 47
|Sep afthumidity = 45
|Sep afthumidity = 44
|Oct afthumidity = 44
|Oct afthumidity = 43
|Nov afthumidity = 43
|Nov afthumidity = 44
|Dec afthumidity = 41
|Dec afthumidity = 43
|year humidity =  
|year humidity =  
|source =,<ref name="BOM">{{cite web
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| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_070278_All.shtml | title = Climate statistics for Cooma Visitors Centre| access-date = 10 July 2018
|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/
| publisher = [[Bureau of Meteorology]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title = Climate data online (Site number: 070278)
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/wData/wdata?p_nccObsCode=40&p_display_type=dataFile&p_stn_num=070278 | title = Monthly highest temperature Cooma Visitors Centree| access-date = 27 November 2018
|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology
| publisher = [[Bureau of Meteorology]]}}</ref> and<ref>{{cite web
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| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/wData/wdata?p_nccObsCode=43&p_display_type=dataFile&p_stn_num=076031 | title = Monthly lowest temperature Cooma Visitors Centre| access-date = 27 November 2018
| publisher = [[Bureau of Meteorology]]}}</ref>
|date=November 2018
}}


The airport is located at a higher elevation than the town, causing maximum temperatures to be notably cooler but minima somewhat milder.
The airport is located at a higher elevation than the town, causing maximum temperatures to be notably cooler but winter minima somewhat milder.
{{Weather box
{{Weather box
|location = Cooma Airport AWS (1991–2022); 930 m AMSL; 36.29° S, 148.97° E
|location = Cooma Airport AWS (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present); 930 m AMSL; 36.29° S, 148.97° E
|metric first = yes
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|single line = yes
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|precipitation colour = green
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan record high C = 39.1
|Jan record high C = 39.1
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|Dec record high C = 37.7
|Dec record high C = 37.7
|year record high C =  
|year record high C =  
|Jan high C = 26.6
| Jan avg record high C = 35.2
|Feb high C = 24.9
| Feb avg record high C  = 33.0
|Mar high C = 22.2
| Mar avg record high C  = 29.1
|Apr high C = 18.2
| Apr avg record high C  = 24.5
|May high C = 14.1
| May avg record high C  = 20.0
|Jun high C = 10.7
| Jun avg record high C  = 16.0
|Jul high C = 10.2
| Jul avg record high C  = 15.1
|Aug high C = 11.9
| Aug avg record high C  = 18.2
|Sep high C = 15.1
| Sep avg record high C  = 22.2
|Oct high C = 18.2
| Oct avg record high C  = 26.1
|Nov high C = 21.2
| Nov avg record high C  = 29.7
|Dec high C = 24.1
| Dec avg record high C  = 32.3
|year high C =  
| year avg record high C = 35.8
|Jan low C = 10.9
| Jan high C  = 26.8
|Feb low C = 10.2
| Feb high C = 25.0
|Mar low C = 7.8
| Mar high C = 22.4
|Apr low C = 3.9
| Apr high C = 18.2
|May low C = 0.6
| May high C = 14.2
|Jun low C = -1.1
| Jun high C = 10.7
|Jul low C = -2.0
| Jul high C = 10.3
|Aug low C = -1.5
| Aug high C = 11.9
|Sep low C = 1.1
| Sep high C = 15.1
|Oct low C = 3.5
| Oct high C = 18.4
|Nov low C = 6.5
| Nov high C = 21.4
|Dec low C = 8.6
| Dec high C = 24.2
|year low C =  
| year high C =
| Jan mean C  = 18.9
| Feb mean C  = 17.7
| Mar mean C  = 15.1
| Apr mean C  = 11.1
| May mean C  = 7.4
| Jun mean C  = 4.8
| Jul mean C  = 4.2
| Aug mean C  = 5.2
| Sep mean C  = 8.1
| Oct mean C  = 11.0
| Nov mean C  = 14.0
| Dec mean C  = 16.5
| year mean C =  
| Jan low C = 10.9
| Feb low C = 10.3
| Mar low C = 7.7
| Apr low C = 3.9
| May low C = 0.6
| Jun low C = -1.1
| Jul low C = -2.0
| Aug low C = -1.5
| Sep low C = 1.1
| Oct low C = 3.6
| Nov low C  = 6.6
| Dec low C  = 8.7
| year low C =
| Jan avg record low C  = 2.8
| Feb avg record low C  = 2.8
| Mar avg record low C  = -0.1
| Apr avg record low C  = -3.5
| May avg record low C = -6.5
| Jun avg record low C  = -7.9
| Jul avg record low C  = -8.5
| Aug avg record low C = -8.4
| Sep avg record low C  = -6.3
| Oct avg record low C  = -4.3
| Nov avg record low C  = -1.3
| Dec avg record low C  = 0.1
| year avg record low C = -9.6
|Jan record low C = -2.2
|Jan record low C = -2.2
|Feb record low C = -1.2
|Feb record low C = -1.2
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|Dec record low C = -3.5
|Dec record low C = -3.5
|year record low C =  
|year record low C =  
|Jan precipitation mm = 53.9
|rain colour = green
|Feb precipitation mm = 51.4
|Jan rain mm = 55.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 50.6
|Feb rain mm = 54.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 39.4
|Mar rain mm = 45.0
|May precipitation mm = 29.1
|Apr rain mm = 31.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 39.9
|May rain mm = 23.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 29.5
|Jun rain mm = 42.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 32.2
|Jul rain mm = 26.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 37.7
|Aug rain mm = 31.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 47.2
|Sep rain mm = 33.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 69.0
|Oct rain mm = 43.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 54.3
|Nov rain mm = 61.5
|year precipitation mm = 539.5
|Dec rain mm = 51.1
|Jan precipitation days = 8.9
|year rain mm =  
|Feb precipitation days = 9.4
|Jan precipitation days = 6.0
|Mar precipitation days = 10.5
|Feb precipitation days = 6.3
|Apr precipitation days = 10.5
|Mar precipitation days = 5.1
|May precipitation days = 11.2
|Apr precipitation days = 4.7
|Jun precipitation days = 12.4
|May precipitation days = 4.2
|Jul precipitation days = 12.1
|Jun precipitation days = 5.1
|Aug precipitation days = 10.7
|Jul precipitation days = 5.0
|Sep precipitation days = 11.0
|Aug precipitation days = 4.7
|Oct precipitation days = 11.4
|Sep precipitation days = 5.8
|Nov precipitation days = 11.8
|Oct precipitation days = 6.4
|Dec precipitation days = 9.8
|Nov precipitation days = 7.2
|Dec precipitation days = 6.2
|year precipitation days =
|year precipitation days =
|humidity colour= green
|humidity colour= green
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|Nov dew point C = 4.2
|Nov dew point C = 4.2
|Dec dew point C = 5.2
|Dec dew point C = 5.2
|source 1 = [http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_070217_All.shtml Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Cooma Airport AWS]
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|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/
|title = Climate data online (Site number: 070217)
|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology
|access-date = 27 Jun 2025}}</ref>}}


==Mosaic Time Walk==
==Mosaic Time Walk==
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* [[Imants Tillers]] – Sydney born, Cooma based artist and writer
* [[Imants Tillers]] – Sydney born, Cooma based artist and writer
* [[John Tranter]] – poet
* [[John Tranter]] – poet
* [[Lou Wall]] – comedian
* [[Wilton Welch]] – actor and playwright
* [[Wilton Welch]] – actor and playwright
* [[Brett White]] – rugby league player in the National Rugby League
* [[Brett White]] – rugby league player in the National Rugby League

Latest revision as of 08:47, 27 June 2025

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Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located Template:Convert south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega with the Riverina.

At the Template:CensusAU, Cooma had a population of 6,715.[1] Cooma is the main town of the Monaro region. It is Template:Convert above sea level. The name could have derived from an Aboriginal word Coombah, meaning 'big lake' or 'open country'.[2]

Cooma is Template:Convert south of the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, a main tributary of the Murray–Darling basin. Cooma sources its water from the river.

History

The area now known as Cooma lies on the traditional lands of the Ngarigo people.[3]

Cooma was explored by Captain J. M. Currie in 1823. It was first surveyed in 1840, and was gazetted in 1849.[4] Cooma was proclaimed a municipality in 1879.

The railway from Sydney was extended from Royalla to Cooma in 1889 under the supervision of John Whitton.[5] The line was closed to rail passenger traffic in 1989.[6][7] The estimated population of Cooma was 47 in 1851 and it grew to 2330 (1911), 1969 (1933), 2249 (1947), 9103 (1966), 7353 (1976) and 7978 (1981).[8][9][10][11][12]

In 1949, the town became the headquarters of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and grew rapidly. Between 1949 and 1974 the population expanded due to an influx of 65,000 workers from more than 30 countries.[13] Those working on the Snowy Scheme depended on the railway and during construction of the scheme, the railways were one of the largest employers in the region.[5] In 1959, the tenth anniversary of the scheme was celebrated with the erection of an avenue of flags representing the 27 nationalities of people working on the scheme.

Cooma has developed a growing tourism industry as it became the main rest stop for many travellers heading to the NSW snow fields during the winter months. As a result, the town nicknamed itself the 'Gateway to the Snowy Mountains'.

The Aviation Pioneers' Memorial at Cooma contains artifacts recovered from the Avro 618 Ten aircraft Southern Cloud, which crashed on 21 March 1931 in the Toolong range of the Australian Alps. The wreck was not found until 26 October 1958.[14]

Heritage listings

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

Population

Template:Historical populations

According to the Template:CensusAU, there were 6,715 people in Cooma.

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.
  • 77.8% of people were born in Australia; the next most common countries of birth included England at 2.2%, New Zealand at 1.6%, Germany at 1.3%, India at 1.1%, and Italy at 0.9%.
  • 82.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages spoken at home included Italian at 0.8%, German at 0.7%, Nepali at 0.5%, Spanish at 0.5%, and Urdu at 0.4%.
  • The most common responses for religion included No Religion 36.3%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 18.7%, and Uniting Church 2.0%; a further 9.5% of respondents for this area elected not to disclose their religious status.[1]

Education

Government schools include Monaro High School, a high school that serves the town and seven of the neighbouring rural towns and villages including Peak View, Template:NSWcity, Template:NSWcity, Template:NSWcity, Bredbo and Template:NSWcity.[18] The other two government schools support primary education and are Cooma Public School[19] and Cooma North Public School,[20] both providing education for students in Kindergarten to Year 6.

The Roman Catholic school is called St Patrick's Parish School and provides education from Kindergarten to Year 10.[21] The Snowy Mountains Christian School, an independent Christian school provides education from Kindergarten to Year 10.[22]

Tertiary education is provided by TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute Cooma campus.[23] Another Tertiary Education centre is the Cooma Universities Centre, which opened in 2014.

Climate

Cooma has a dry oceanic climate (Cfb). Summer averages are warm, though tend to swing wildly between hot and cool; and winters are chilly with particularly cold night time temperatures due to its valley location, high elevation, and frequent clear skies, sometimes recording the lowest temperatures in the country. However, daytime maximum temperatures in winter are often unremarkable, on account of the foehn effect.

The area is exceptionally dry by southeast coastal Australian standards as it lies in a major rain shadow; the region is flanked by mountain ranges on all sides, most notably on the west. Despite its dryness, it has only 90.1 clear days annually, lower than the adjacent coastal areas of Wollongong and Sydney (106 and 107 clear days respectively).[24][25] Strong cold fronts often push through the region in winter and snow is not uncommon in Cooma from June to September, though is generally light and rarely settles for more than 24 hours. Frost occurs in all months of the year and is frequent between April and October. Severe thunderstorms are semi-frequent in summer, and owing to the elevation of the town can carry large quantities of hail.[26]

Template:Weather box

The airport is located at a higher elevation than the town, causing maximum temperatures to be notably cooler but winter minima somewhat milder. Template:Weather box

Mosaic Time Walk

The Cooma–Monaro Time Walk in Centennial Park was a community project to mark the Bicentennial Year of 1988, from designs by Cooma College of TAFE and the Cooma–Monaro Historical Society.[27][28]

Media

Newspapers

One newspaper operates in Cooma, The Monaro Post, which began in 2006 and is independently owned by Gail Eastaway, Tracy Frazer and Louise Platts.

Radio stations

Note: transmitters for XLFM and Snow FM, as well as some ABC services, are in place throughout the Snowy Mountains.

Television

Cooma receives five free-to-air television networks including all the digital free-to-air channels relayed from Canberra, broadcast from the Telstra site Radio Hill translator in Cooma Common, off Polo Flat Road.

The stations are:[29]

Another transmitter for the Cooma and surrounding Monaro region is located at Mount Roberts approximately 30 km NNE of the town, broadcasting The Three Commercial TV Networks and the ABC Television services, but not SBS Television Services.

Sports

Cooma has several sports teams, the most popular sports played in town being Rugby League, Rugby Union, Cricket, Soccer and Australian rules football.

The Cooma Colts is the town's junior rugby league team, the Stallions (founded 1973)[30] is the senior rugby league team and the Rugby League Tag team known as the Fillies also plays during the rugby league season.

The Cooma Tigers (founded 1952)[31] soccer team plays in local competitions.

The Southern Cats (formerly Cooma Cats founded in 1975) Australian rules football club is based at the Snowy Oval and participates in the AFL Canberra Community Division 3.[32]

Transport

Cooma is served by Cooma–Snowy Mountains Airport, which is 15 kilometres from the CBD. Cooma has a bus service connecting various areas of town three times a day run by Cooma Coaches. Snowliner Coaches also operate services. Cooma has a taxi service run by Cooma Radio Taxis.

NSW TrainLink operate road coach services from Canberra to Bombala and Eden.[33] Cooma was served by the Cooma Mail until May 1986 and the Canberra Monaro Express until September 1988.[34]

The Cooma Monaro Railway is a heritage railway using CPH railmotors built in the 1920s. Until operations were suspended in January 2014 the railway provided a weekend and public-holiday service on an 18-kilometre section of the Bombala railway line north to Bunyan and Chakola.[35]

Notable people

See also

References

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External links

Template:Snowy Monaro Regional Council

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  32. ↑ Southern Cats history
  33. ↑ Template:Cite New South Wales transport timetables
  34. ↑ The Railway Refreshment Rooms of New South Wales 1855–1995 Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 790 August 2003
  35. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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