Corowa
Sign in to saveCorowa is a town in the state of New South Wales in Australia. It is on the bank of the Murray River, the border between New South Wales and Victoria, opposite the Victorian town of Wahgunyah. It is the largest town in the Federation Council and was the administrative centre of the former Corowa Shire. The name could have derived from a Wiradjuri word referring to the curra pine that yielded gum used by Aboriginal people to fasten the heads of spears to the shafts. Another translation is "rocky river".
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Corowa
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.image
- Sanger St Corowa.JPG
- Australian place.caption
- A view of the main street of Corowa
- Australian place.pop
- 5,595
- Australian place.established
- 1858
- Australian place.postcode
- 2646
- Australian place.elevation
- 143
- Australian place.dist1
- 610
- Australian place.location1
- Sydney
- Australian place.dist2
- 281
- Australian place.location2
- Melbourne
- Australian place.dist3
- 57
- Australian place.location3
- Albury
- Australian place.lga
- Federation Council
- Australian place.county
- Hume
- Australian place.stategov
- Albury
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Corowa is a town in the state of New South Wales in Australia. It is on the bank of the Murray River, the border between New South Wales and Victoria, opposite the Victorian town of Wahgunyah. It is the largest town in the Federation Council and was the administrative centre of the former Corowa Shire. The name could have derived from a Wiradjuri word referring to the curra pine that yielded gum used by Aboriginal people to fasten the heads of spears to the shafts. Another translation is "rocky river".
There are two bridges over the Murray to Wahgunyah in Victoria: the heritage-listed John Foord Bridge and the Federation Bridge (opened on 2 April 2005). The town in conjunction with nearby town Rutherglen has an Australian rules football team (Corowa-Rutherglen), competing in the Ovens & Murray Football League, and a rugby league team, the Corowa Cougars, who compete in the Goulburn Murray competition.