Stockinbingal is a village in Cootamundra Shire

Cootamundra Shire Council

Cootamundra Shire is a local government area in New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Olympic Way, the Burley Griffin Way and the Main South railway line....

 in the South West Slopes

South West Slopes, New South Wales

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 region of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. It is also a part of the Riverina

Riverina

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, and is on the Burley Griffin Way

Burley Griffin Way

Burley Griffin Way is a New South Wales state route, is located in south eastern Australia. Named after the American architect, Walter Burley Griffin, designer of the cities of Canberra and Griffith, the highway links the two cities via Yass and the Barton Highway.It provides a major link between...

. At the 2006 census

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, Stockinbingal had a population of 221 people.

Stockinbingal Post Office opened on 16 May 1891.

Railways

It is the location of a railway junction connecting the Cootamundra

Cootamundra, New South Wales

Cootamundra is a town and Local Government Area in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. At the 2006 census, Cootamundra had a population of 5,566. It is located on the Olympic Highway at the point where it crosses the Muttama Creek, between Junee and...

 to Lake Cargelligo

Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales

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 railway line (completed to Stockinbingal in 1893) to Parkes

Parkes, New South Wales

- Transport :Parkes has a local bus service provided by Western Road Liners, which acquired Harris Bus Lines in March 2006. The Indian Pacific also stops twice a week, as well as the Broken Hill Outback Xplorer service, run by CountryLink, which heads to Broken Hill on Mondays and Sydney on...

, which provides an alternative route from Sydney

Sydney

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 to Parkes to the route over the Blue Mountains, avoiding that route's steep grades and is now as a result the major route for freight between Sydney and Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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. The route from Cootamundra to Stockinbingal and Parkes is also part of a rail bypass of Sydney

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 for traffic between Melbourne

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 and Brisbane

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 via Dubbo, Werris Creek

Werris Creek, New South Wales

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 and Maitland

Maitland, New South Wales

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.

See also

• Stockinbingal- Parkes railway line
  Stockinbingal- Parkes railway line, New South Wales
  The Stockinbingal- Parkes railway line is a railway line in New South Wales, Australia which connects Stockinbingal on the Main South line with Parkes on the Main West line...
  
  
• Stockinbingal railway station
  Stockinbingal railway station, New South Wales
  Stockinbingal is a closed railway station on the Lake Cargelligo railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in 1893 and closed to passenger services in 1983. The station survives largely intact in good condition as a safeworking location. Stockinbingal is the junction location...