Cooma

Cooma
New South Wales
Cooma Court House
Cooma is located in New South Wales
Cooma
Cooma
Coordinates36°14′06″S 149°07′33″E / 36.23500°S 149.12583°E / -36.23500; 149.12583
Population6,715 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1849
Postcode(s)2630
Elevation800 m (2,625 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Snowy Monaro Regional Council
CountyBeresford
State electorate(s)Monaro
Federal division(s)Eden-Monaro
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.4 °C
67 °F
4.1 °C
39 °F
541.6 mm
21.3 in
Localities around Cooma:
Binjura Bunyan Middle Flat
Dairymans Plains Cooma Middle Flat
Pine Valley The Brothers Rock Flat

Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 114 kilometres (71 mi) 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 2021 census, Cooma had a population of 6,715.[2] Cooma is the main town of the Monaro region. It is 800 metres (2,620 ft) above sea level. The name could have derived from an Aboriginal word Coombah, meaning 'big lake' or 'open country'.[3]

Cooma is 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, a main tributary of the Murray–Darling basin. Cooma sources its water from the river.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cooma (NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Cooma". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 July 2009. Edit this at Wikidata