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Bowral
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Bowral ( ) is the largest town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. It is south-west of Sydney and north-east of Canberra. It is the main business and entertainment precinct of the Wingecarribee Shire and the Southern Highlands.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Bowral
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.image
- File:Bowral NSW 2576, Australia - panoramio (106).jpg
- Australian place.caption
- Aerial view of Bowral
- Australian place.lga
- Wingecarribee Shire
- Australian place.postcode
- 2576
- Australian place.parish
- Mittagong
- Australian place.county
- Camden
- Australian place.est
- 1861
- Australian place.region
- Southern Highlands
- Australian place.elevation
- 690
- Australian place.maxtemp
- 18.7
- Australian place.mintemp
- 7.9
- Australian place.rainfall
- 931.7
- Australian place.dist1
- 132
- Australian place.dir1
- SW
- Australian place.location1
- Sydney
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Heritage listings
- Etymology
- Demographics
- Transportation
- Climate
- Tourist attractions
- Hospitals
- Schools
- Churches
- Media
- Television
- Radio
- Newspapers
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Bowral ( ) is the largest town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. It is south-west of Sydney and north-east of Canberra. It is the main business and entertainment precinct of the Wingecarribee Shire and the Southern Highlands.
Bowral once served as a rural summer retreat for the gentry of Sydney, resulting in the establishment of a number of estates and manor houses in the district. Bowral is often associated with the cricketer Sir Donald Bradman.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bowral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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